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Defense Authorizers Want Insights from Department of the Air Force on Hybrid SATCOM Terminals

Frank Wolfe

Friday, December 8th, 2023

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Defense Authorizers Want Insights from Department of the Air Force on Hybrid SATCOM Terminals

Pictured is Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration Frank Calvelli (Department of the Air Force Photo)

Congressional defense authorizers want insights from the Department of the Air Force on future hybrid satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals able to use commercial and military signals. U.S. Space Force has referred to the 10 Boeing [BA] Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites, the last of which launched on March 15, 2019, as the "backbone" of the U.S. military's wideband satellite communications. "The conferees are concerned that the funding for WGS-12, like its predecessor WGS-11, was not requested by the U.S. Space…

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