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Pentagon

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

Pat Host

Monday, March 10th, 2014

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

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 Monday at the Satellite 2014 convention in Washington. Satellite 2014…

Space

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Congress

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Congress

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