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Pentagon Gives Go-Ahead For TSAT Program Restructure

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Thursday, December 11th, 2008

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By Marina Malenic The Defense Department has instructed the Air Force to move ahead with a multibillion-dollar satellite program restructure, admonishing the service for poorly running the program to date. A first Transformational Communications Satellite (TSAT) should be launched no later than Sept. 30, 2019, according to instructions contained in a Dec. 3 acquisition decision memorandum signed by chief Pentagon arms buyer John Young. "This time, act immediately on this direction in order to make progress on TSAT and stop…

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