The Air Force does plan to work with Lockheed Martin through next spring to bring the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile program back in line, but Rebecca Christie of Dow Jones Newswires reports (via CNNMoney.com) that the service also plans to investigate some alternatives—just in case. The investigation could include a general request for information from industry.
The Space Development Agency added 21 satellites to its nascent data transport network in an Oct. 15 launch, the second mission in a 10-month campaign to field 154 operational spacecraft.
