U.S. Africa Command will have much-needed communications coverage over Western Africa within the next two months -- and likely sooner -- due to an innovative satellite communications contract the Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center awarded late last week. The service awarded the $8.2 million contract to satellite operator SES Government Solutions. Through the agreement, the government purchased two transponders on an already operational SES satellite. SES President Tip Osterhaler told Inside the Air Force in a June...
