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DoD Uncertain Smallsats Can Handle Big Missions

Juliet Van Wagenen

Friday, October 21st, 2016

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DoD Uncertain Smallsats Can Handle Big Missions

Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space presents at Access Intelligence's Hosted Payload and Smallsat Forum on Oct. 27. Photo: Air Force.

The Defense Department is still waiting to close the business case on widespread use of small satellites and hosted payloads, Associate Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space and Deputy Director, Principal DoD Space Advisor Staff, David Hardy said during a keynote speech at the Oct. 20 Hosted Payload and Smallsat Summit in Washington.The Air Force has requested $5.5 billion for space investment in fiscal year 2017, and while Hardy noted the enormous progress industry has made in…

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