An analysis of military use of commercial satellite communications

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Forest, Benjamin D.
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2008-09Second Reader
Welch, William J.
Rhoades, Mark M.
Gregg, Michael R.
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commercial SATCOM, evaluates current predictions for military use of commercial SATCOM, and describes measures of effectiveness that can be used to evaluate the various SATCOM options. In culmination, this thesis defines what constitutes an appropriate balance of military and commercial SATCOM usage using cost, technical, and policy compliance measures of effectiveness. The measures of effectiveness lead to a recommendation of a more deliberate, less ad hoc use of commercial SATCOM for the vast majority of military SATCOM needs.
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