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COMSATCOM In DoD’s Long-Term Plans, CAPE Office Says

Defense Daily Staff

Saturday, March 15th, 2014

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Though it won’t completely outsource satellite communications (SATCOM) capability to industry, the commercial side is still in the Defense Department’s long-term plans because the rules are in industry’s favor, according to a representative from the Pentagon’s Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) office. “As the rules are structured, it’s very advantageous as a solution,” Steven Miller, director of advanced systems cost analysis, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)/CAPE, said March 10 at the Satellite 2014 convention in Washington. Satellite 2014 is produced…

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