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DoD Official Sees ‘Great Leverage’ In Small Satellite Developments

Pat Host

Friday, October 14th, 2016

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DoD Official Sees ‘Great Leverage’ In Small Satellite Developments

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy Doug Loverro. Photo: DoD.

Though the Pentagon sees “great leverage” in some of the small satellite developments that industry is bringing forward, it still needs to figure out how to properly integrate them into its infrastructure from a military perspective, according to a key official.Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy Doug Loverro said Friday the Defense Department will need funding to pursue this proper small satellite integration and that DoD leadership will have a better idea of a game plan when it…

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