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August 20th, 2007
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Post; Elite troops push hard for better satellite infoFriday, August 17, 2007By SHELBY G. SPIRES Times Aerospace Writer shelby.spires@htimes.com Military looks to reduce reliance oncommercial firms The Pentagon would like to have more of its own spy satellites so it's not forced to rely on a commercial imaging company that also has to meet the demands of Google and Microsoft, the head of the U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command said Thursday. Increased wartime demand has created gaps in the availability of military satellites, said Army Lt. Gen. Kevin Campbell, commander of Redstone Arsenal's Space & Missile Defense Command. Today, about 80 percent of satellite intelligence and photos come from commercial space imaging companies and 20 percent from military satellites. Full story http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletim...980.xml&coll=1 |
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