Air Force Issues Paper On Resiliency And Disaggregated Space Assets

By Christopher J. Castelli / August 22, 2013 at 7:01 PM
Air Force Space Command has released a white paper touting the potential of disaggregated space architectures to boost the resiliency of Defense Department satellites against Chinese capabilities while also lowering costs, an approach that could shape military investment plans for years to come. The in-depth document -- which builds on the case for disaggregation that the command's chief, Gen. William Shelton, has made in speeches -- is "quite significant," according to Joshua Hartman, a former Pentagon acquisition and intelligence official...

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