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SASC Wants DoD’s Strategies For Mix Of Military, COMSATCOM Bandwith

Gally Articola

Monday, July 1st, 2013

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A key Senate panel wants the Defense Department to lay out its short, medium and long-term strategies for using an appropriate mix of military and commercial satellite bandwidth. The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) wants DoD to produce strategies in five-, 10- and 25-year timeframes. The committee said in its fiscal year 2014 defense authorization report that it believes considerable savings can be achieved by purchasing commercial bandwidth in larger block quantities. SASC said DoD has been unable to define…

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