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200 00$aEmploying commercial satellite communications $ewideband investment options for the Department of Defense /$fTim Bonds ... [et al.]
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aSanta Monica, CA $cRand$d2000
215   $a1 online resource (154 p.)
300   $a"Prepared for the United States Air Force."
300   $a"Project Air Force, Rand."
311   $a0-8330-2827-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 143-145).
327   $a""PREFACE""; ""PROJECT AIR FORCE""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""DEMAND AND SUPPLY""; ""ABILITY OF COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS TO MEET OTHER MILITARY CRITERIA""; ""CHOOSING INVESTMENT STRATEGIES""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ACRONYMS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DoD DEMAND FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ROLE OF COMMERCIAL SATELLITES""; ""MEETING MILITARY CRITERIA WITH COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS""; ""DoD DEMAND VARIANCE AND ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES""; ""DoD COMMUNICATIONS DEMAND PROJECTIONS""; ""CONTEXT""; ""DoD PROJECTIONS OF FUTURE MILITARY DEMAND""
327   $a""MEETING MILITARY DEMAND WITH COMMERCIAL SATELLITES: CONTACT AND EVALUATION""""CONTEXT: INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS Terrestrial Systems and Networks""; ""Satellite Systems and Applications""; ""SATELLITE ALTERNATIVES AND EVALUATION CRITERIA""; ""CAN COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS MEET MILITARY CRITERIA? CAPACITY AND COVERAGE""; ""CRITERIA""; ""CAPACITY""; ""SUMMARY EVALUATION OF CAPACITY""; ""COVERAGE""; ""SUMMARY EVALUATION OF COVERAGE""; ""MILITARY THEATER USE OF COMMERCIAL SATELLITES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FLEXIBILITY, INTEROPERABILITY, AND ACCESS AND CONTROL""
327   $a""EVALUATION SYNTHESIS""""PRICES OF COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY CAPACITY""; ""COMMERCIAL MARKET PROVIDERS AND PRODUCTS""; ""COMMERCIAL MARKET PRICES""; ""VARIANCE IN MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS DEMAND""; ""DEMAND PROJECTIONS AND NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY""; ""ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF CONTINGENCIES ON DEMAND""; ""INVESTMENT STRATEGY ALTERNATIVES""; ""DETERMINING AN ECONOMICAL BALANCE BETWEEN BUYING AND SHORT- TERM LEASING""; ""DYNAMIC INVESTMENT STRATEGIES""; ""APPROACH""; ""Baseline Results""; ""Effect of Order-Receipt Lag""; ""Effect of Discount Rate and Price Drift""
327   $a""Effect of Demand Variations""""CONCLUSIONS""; ""STANDARD FREQUENCY DESIGNATIONS""; ""CURRENT DoD COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES""; ""GRAPHICAL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING UNDER UNCERTAINTY""; ""A SIMPLE MATHEMATICAL MODEL""; ""GRAPHICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE SOLUTION""; ""KEY ASSUMPTIONS""; ""REFERENCES""
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606   $aArtificial satellites in telecommunication$zUnited States
606   $aBroadband communication systems$zUnited States
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