Watch panelists Eric Brown, senior director of military space mission strategy at Lockheed Martin; Joe Cassady, executive director of space programs at Aerojet Rocketdyne; Colin Mitchell, general manager for space antennas, RF Systems, and PNT at L3Harris Technologies; and moderator Brig. Gen. Steven P. Whitney, director of space programs in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, take part in the “Mission Domain Live Engagement—Space Systems and Technology” session from AFA’s 2021 virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium.
In the Space Force’s push to increase its consumption of commercial satellite capabilities, satellite communications stands out as the template. The question now is how broadly the Space Force will look to leverage additional SATCOM providers.