
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) member Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) wants an explanation from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) about a DARPA satellite servicing program in source selection.In a pair of identical January 23 letters to Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work and DARPA Acting Director Steven Walker obtained by Defense Daily, Hunter says DARPA’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (DSGS) program is not based on a Defense Department requirement,…