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Leonardo DRS Achieves Major Milestone with First Space-Based Test of Next-Generation Secure Data Transport Capability
ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Leonardo DRS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRS) announced today the successful first on-orbit test of its revolutionary multi-channel
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[{"type":"text","content":" ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nLeonardo DRS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRS) announced today the successful first on-orbit test of its revolutionary multi-channel software-defined radio (SDR) with integrated advanced cryptography. This milestone marks a significant advance in validating a technology poised to establish a new standard for secure U.S. military satellite data transport at the tactical edge.\n\nThe eXtended Crypto Module3-Space (XCM3-Space) adapts the company’s next-generation crypto and multi-channel SDR capabilities to the space domain, addressing emerging cyber and electronic warfare threats to military satellite data transport. Leveraging deep expertise in multi-domain secure tactical communications, Leonardo DRS developed this capability to enable high-performance secure satellite communications across multiple frequencies and networks simultaneously.\n\nThe Department of War has routinely called on its industrial base to invest and innovate at speed. Leonardo DRS has seriously undertaken that charter through increased research and development investment across its business. This internal investment, which was completed in less than twelve months, also demonstrates the company’s ability to design, build, test and launch unique and operational capabilities rapidly.\n\nThe future of space-based data transport in low-earth orbit will require computing and processing at the edge. This capability will be a key enabler for space-based detection and interception of ballistic and hypersonic missile threats, which will require onboard data encryption and decryption capabilities.\n\n“Secure, flexible satellite data transport is the backbone of modern military operations,” said Larry Ezell, senior vice president and general manager of Leonardo DRS Airborne and Intelligence Systems. “Our investments in next-generation low Earth orbit SDR provides a decisive leap forward, overcoming the limitations of legacy systems that are rigid and difficult to update once deployed. With crypto-enabled, fully reprogrammable architecture, this SDR is designed to support current and future secure transport needs for the U.S. Space Force, Space Development Agency, the Missile Defense Agency’s Golden Dome priorities, and other critical all-domain missions.”\n\nLaunched aboard a Proteus Mercury satellite in late November, the XCM3-Space testbed opera...