PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, CO -- Air Force Space Command officials still envision small constellations of "very capable" satellites performing future protected communications mission even as concerns have been continuously raised in recent months about the expense of the service's next constellation, a command official told Inside the Air Force this month. Pentagon chief weapons buyer John Young, in a Dec. 3 acquisition decision memorandum, directed the air service to "act immediately on this direction in order to make progress...
