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Defense Watch: More WGS? Icebreaker Concerns, HASC Markup Schedule, In-Q-Tel Investment

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Friday, April 12th, 2019

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Defense Watch: More WGS? Icebreaker Concerns, HASC Markup Schedule, In-Q-Tel Investment

Gen. Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill)

Future WGS Satellites? The Air Force continues to evaluate Boeing’s proposal to build two additional Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellites after launching what was previously expected to be the final system in the constellation last month, AF SMC Commander Lt. Gen. John Thompson said Thursday at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Congress fully funded WGS 11 and 12 in the FY ’18 defense budget. “We have been working very, very closely with Boeing and our other industry partners…

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