New SATCOM framework charts path to 'resilient enterprise'

By Audrey Decker, Michael Marrow / January 19, 2023 at 5:21 PM
The Defense Department has established a three-phased, multiyear approach for modernizing command and control capabilities for satellite communications, according to a comprehensive plan released Wednesday by the office of DOD Chief Information Officer John Sherman. The Enterprise Satellite Communications Management and Control (ESC-MC) implementation sets three stages to achieving DOD’s modernization goals. Between fiscal years 2023 and 2024, the plan will establish initial standards. Between FY-24 and FY-28, it will create the “necessary and foundational services, data and network management...

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