BANGKOK — There are two ways to assess the Australian Defence Force (ADF) cancellation of the multibillion-dollar JP 9102 space procurement, starting with two large geostationary-orbit satellites from Lockheed Martin Australia, in favor of an undefined “multi-orbit strategy:”
It’s either a brave acknowledgement of advances in the technology and the threat environment, or a concession that ADF cannot afford its planned spending of 9-12 billion Australian dollars ($5.9-$7.9 billion) in autonomous space capacity and must find a less-costly solution.
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