TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bonds,Tim
AU  - Mattock,Michael G.
AU  - Hamilton,Thomas
AU  - Rhodes,Carl A.
AU  - Scheiern,Michael L.
AU  - Feldman,Phillip M.
AU  - Frelinger,Dave
AU  - Uy,Robert
AU  - Henry,Keith H.
AU  - Zycher,Benjamin
AU  - Lai,Timothy T.
AU  - Persselin,David
ED  - Rand eBooks.
TI  - Employing commercial satellite communications: wideband investment options for the Department of Defense 
SN  - 0833028278
AV  - UA943 .E47 2000
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - United States
KW  - Department of Defense
KW  - Communication systems
KW  - Procurement
KW  - Artificial satellites in telecommunication
KW  - Broadband communication systems
KW  - Communications, Military
KW  - Public-private sector cooperation
KW  - Telecommunication equipment industry
KW  - Military aspects
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - "Project Air Force."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-145); Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
N2  - Department of Defense decisions on the amount of communications it will own or lease will in turn affect U.S. Air Force investments in new communications satellites. The study team evaluated the effectiveness of commercial wideband satellites across several characteristics defined by the United States Space Command. The cost of buying or leasing commercial systems is then compared with the cost of buying military systems with commercial characteristics. The team found that there is a large projected gap between the military demand for communications and the capability expected from present, planned, and programmed systems. Whether or not the Department of Defense buys commercial-like systems, commercial leases provide a valuable way to increase capacity. Lease contracts should include the rights to switch transponders between beams as needed. Further, it may be more economical to make long-term commitments even if all of the capacity is not used than to underestimate demand and make up the shortfall with short-term service contracts. DoD should make its decisions based on demand for communications, the operational characteristics needed, and the ways in which commercial capabilities might aid the military
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