The Defense Department and commercial satellite communication (COMSATCOM) providers continue to disagree over how the service should handle future acquisition policy in an era of declining defense spending. A focal point for this disagreement is the Air Force’s pursuit of international investment for its Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) fleet of satellites. WGS provides worldwide flexible, high data rate and long-haul non-protected communications for United States government users and international partners. While the Air Force, which largely handles DoD space programs,…
