The Air Force is poised to open a new round of bidding for a $10 billion Transformational Communications Satellite (TSAT) contract, which the service plans to award in a year's time or sooner, one top official said last week. "We spent some time back in December to make sure the warfighter's needs were quantified," Gary Payton, deputy undersecretary of the Air Force for space programs, said in a Jan. 16 teleconference with reporters. "Looks like about a year from now…
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Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) leadership on Tuesday criticized the Trump administration’s new National Defense Strategy (NDS) and pressed the Pentagon’s top policy official to explain the document’s priorities. SASC […]
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