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Air Force Still Plans TSAT Award This Year As DoD Examines AEHF Implications

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Thursday, September 18th, 2008

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By Marina Malenic The Air Force still plans to award a multibillion dollar contract in the coming months for the next generation of secure military communications satellites, a top Air Force official said this week. The service anticipates selecting either Boeing [BA] or Lockheed Martin [LMT] to build and launch the Transformation Satellite (TSAT) system to provide military users secure communications on the move, said Gen. Robert Kehler, chief of Air Force Space Command. However, the service is still analyzing…

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