Feds Look to Build their Own Sats Even as they Tap Commercial Sat Vendors
A conference agreement between the House and Senate for the fiscal 2010 defense authorization bill includes a provision directing the Defense Department to develop two commercial-grade satellites, one with a 1.1-meter aperture and a second with a more powerful 1.5-meter aperture. It’s expected to pass both houses next week.
During the same period, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) put out a classified request to commercial players to determine how they could meet U.S. government needs.
- GovExec
by Adena Schutzberg on 10/14 at 08:33 AM |
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