Comments on: Poof! Black Sat Program Is Baaack! http://www.dodbuzz.com/2008/10/31/poof-black-sat-program-is-baaack/ Online Defense and Acquisition Journal Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:55:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charliehttp://www.dodbuzz.com/2008/10/31/poof-black-sat-program-is-baaack/#comment-5651 Charlie Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:35:12 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=2169#comment-5651 Both can be provided, with the lower resolution used to provide targeting info for high resolution. Can they be combined on the same satellite? Can commercial info be used as a substitute for low resolution mode?I once got into something similar in that an older less capable system on an old military aircraft needed serious updating. Parts of the system were so old that they dated from WWII. when all was said and done, it was impossible to use off the shelf to resolve all the old and new requirements. Something had to give. The program reached an impasse, since the players in the government would not/could not resolve the internal differences. It didn't help that the government contracted for a specific set of services, and expected another set of services. Contracted=Study and Recommendation, Expected=full design of a replacement system using off the shelf that didn't exist. Both can be provided, with the lower resolution used to provide targeting info for high resolution. Can they be combined on the same satellite? Can commercial info be used as a substitute for low resolution mode?

I once got into something similar in that an older less capable system on an old military aircraft needed serious updating. Parts of the system were so old that they dated from WWII. when all was said and done, it was impossible to use off the shelf to resolve all the old and new requirements. Something had to give. The program reached an impasse, since the players in the government would not/could not resolve the internal differences. It didn’t help that the government contracted for a specific set of services, and expected another set of services. Contracted=Study and Recommendation, Expected=full design of a replacement system using off the shelf that didn’t exist.

]]> By: MPRhttp://www.dodbuzz.com/2008/10/31/poof-black-sat-program-is-baaack/#comment-3525 MPR Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:57:26 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=2169#comment-3525 share the intelligence!: "BO" share the intelligence!: “BO”

]]> By: Mark S.http://www.dodbuzz.com/2008/10/31/poof-black-sat-program-is-baaack/#comment-3371 Mark S. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:47:47 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=2169#comment-3371 Yes, BHO will gut a lot of our defense infrastructure to shore up the "spread the wealth" philosophy of the left he embraces. Yes, BHO will gut a lot of our defense infrastructure to shore up the “spread the wealth” philosophy of the left he embraces.

]]> By: WhyIottahttp://www.dodbuzz.com/2008/10/31/poof-black-sat-program-is-baaack/#comment-3079 WhyIotta Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:50:30 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=2169#comment-3079 BO will end this pretty quick though I like th Exquisite point coverage option.That's a big mirror, >3M? BO will end this pretty quick though I like th Exquisite point coverage option.

That’s a big mirror, >3M?

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