DOD's Commercial Satellite Hosted Payloads Would Benefit from Centralized Data, GAO Says
Centrally locating data from Defense Department programs involving commercial satellite payloads also hosting military sensors or other equipment could help the agency better assess the data for better decision-making on future host satellite use, GAO said Monday. DOD has used…
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three commercially hosted payloads since 2009, with three more planned or underway through 2022, GAO said. It recommended the defense secretary require that programs using hosted payloads provide cost, technical data and lessons learned to a central office, and that it consider whether the Hosted Payload Office is that proper centralized location.