Share ArticleAudio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. ESS will eventually take over the nuclear mission that’s performed today by the Space Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite constellation. The ESS ground segment, dubbed the Ground Resilient Integration Framework for Operational NC3 or GRIFFON, will manage the strategic communication satellites and the capability they provide once they’re on orbit. Conservative estimates show that ESS ground software will deliver user-driven capability twice as fast as an average traditional ground system.” Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families.