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Bridenstine Wants GAO To Oversee Wideband AoA

Pat Host

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

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Bridenstine Wants GAO To Oversee Wideband AoA

The Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite is an example of a purpose-built military satellite. Photo: Boeing.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) wants the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to oversee the Air Force's upcoming Wideband satellite communications (SATCOM) analysis of alternatives (AoA) to ensure commercial SATCOM operators get a fair shake in the process.Bridenstine, who serves on the House Armed Services (HASC) strategic forces subcommittee, put this provision in his all-encompassing space legislation known as the American Space Renaissance bill. Calling it the United States' Sputnik moment, Bridenstine's bill touches on everything from military to civil…

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