Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James will brief the Defense Space Council in early 2016 on the status of efforts to develop a Defense Department-wide satellite ground architecture. In the Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act, Congress directed DOD to develop a long-term plan for satellite ground control systems, and as a result the department commissioned the Institute for Defense Analyses to conduct a study of ongoing efforts and future opportunities to improve its current approach to satellite ground...
