Taking advantage of opportunities for commercial satellite communications services

The Deputy Secretary of Defense tasked the Defense Business Board to form a task group to identify impediments to DoD's ability to better utilize the commercial satellite sector and recommend ways forward that allow DoD to better leverage opportunities from commercial satellite communications service providers. The task group reported four findings. 1. COMSAT is needed to satisfy future DoD requirements by impediments exist. 2.SATCOM is a mission critical resource. 3. "Nontraditional" opportunities for rapid COMSAT acquisition are available but not being utilized. 4. DoD's management structure and strategy is currently not optimized.