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countries for several years. Coupled with dug@i ccoiomic
conditions. the U.S. is curtailing militmyenpd~rrs at unprcedrnted
raws. From a 'good newdhd news. ppcctivc. tbe bad
news is this will likely duce rignirihncly the Punding nvnilnbls
for any new system development Md.nudlcction. But che good
news is TACSAT system wen conceived in port lo meet thc
challenge of declining military budget8 ad therefore do not
require signifcant investment lo bring chem to frition. It U in
facl arguable that lbcse TACSAT system might well flourish in
difficult economic timcs.
Second. Ihe widely distributed h a t environment of loday and
tomorrow strcngthens the case for systcm whirb am responsive
to MW tical and qtralegicndities. TACSATspvidenotonly
the focus nbcdod for regional conflict md monitoring. hut the
low-lkth orhib common to such syitems pinil an nbit-hyorhit
reallocation of uwta to WOMI for ever changing priorities.
The pace of technology is such that hth the cnpahilily and
Discussion
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c~tyb6adMreos~Idwide hot-~pacrirrvailable from nsponsivc
spacc systems like Pegaslar. Peguur gnd Taurus.
FinDly. aa with all new wdighting capabilities. Ule introduction
ofnovel app~oacbeslomectingtbe~squirementsof the battlefield
bave onen met with some resistance - such has been the case with
TACSATs. Now that a few system have been flown and mon
hportancly now that che commercial market is finding applica-
tions for such syotems. Ihe introduction of TACSATs into the
na~ocrdrefurilysystem architecture will rapidly expand. Whereas
prim to the Gulf War such TACSATs could be ignored as
unproven. now there isdopmentedevidence of the valueof these
sptems and tbe users arc beginning (0 identify additional appli-
cations where an augmentation in capability, or an entirely new
function, can he fulfillcd with a TACSAT. Just as the hatlle tank
and the airplane needed lo he proven, CO too must the TACSAT
e m ib place on the baitlcficld. Having earncd that place.
TACSATs will hecome essential components of future milimy
infrastructures and strategies.
Question: OSC said tt-st the corporate goal is to
penetrate the coni;?ercial market. Of the 76 PEGASUS
orders, how many are governmental and how many are
free market?
Reply: Until now the priority is governmental (8531,
but in the future OSC believes it can increase the
commercial percentage.