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Air Force Plans $121 Million For Three COMSATCOM Pathfinders Over Next Three Years

Pat Host

Thursday, February 11th, 2016

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Air Force Plans $121 Million For Three COMSATCOM Pathfinders Over Next Three Years

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

The Air Force plans to spend $121 million over the next three fiscal years on “Pathfinders” to identify opportunities for more affordable commercial satellite communication (COMSATCOM) business arrangements, according to budget documents.The Air Force requested $30 million in fiscal year 2017 for Pathfinder 3. It plans to execute Pathfinder 3 by purchasing pre-launch commercial Ku-band transponder capability to expand pooled bandwidth concept over the Mediterranean Sea. The Air Force also plans to fund a study to prove that airborne intelligence,…

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