The Department of Defense should embrace the commercial satellite operator...
The Department of Defense should embrace the commercial satellite operator community in its military satellite supply chain, said Philip Harlow, Xtar president. The budget pressures create a unique opportunity “to sit down and really talk about how we can help,”…
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he said Tuesday at a Washington Space Business Roundtable event in Washington. “If we don’t, my fear is that we're going to get into the unnecessary and unpalatable loop of higher prices … and short-term leases.” The role of commercial satellite operators should be a permanent part of the overall architecture, he said. “We should design our architectures to fulfill the place for both military satellite and commercial satellites.” Regarding Xtar’s two satellites, less than 30 MHz are used by DOD, he said: “That’s a huge problem.” The satellite community is facing a “difficult budget environment,” he said. While space seemed to fare pretty well in the latest round of budget cuts, a more logical approach to funding commercial satellite use is needed, he added.