Working with the U.S. Air Force and independent agencies (including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory), TEAM TSAT, led by Boeing, has demonstrated that its Transformational Satellite Communications System Space Segment (TSAT) hardware and software can function in simulated operational environments, achieving Technology Readiness Level-6 (TRL-6) for payload, antenna, information assurance and gateway technologies. Critical components reaching the TRL-6 level or greater include the TSAT laser communications system's telescope, optical bench and communications electronics; the next-generation processor router technologies for packet processing, based on Boeing-built systems; the antenna hardware, which includes the critical communications-on-the-move antenna that enables warfighter mobility; and the bandwidth-allocation and protected-waveform technologies.

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TEAM TSAT also reduced information assurance risks for Internet protocol and transmission security, achieving the TRL-6+ level. Key enabling technologies found in the ground gateway and data processing center, developed on internal research and development investments by Boeing, Harris and SAIC, also have attained TRL-6.