House and Senate lawmakers that oversee defense activities expressed concern during separate hearings March 4 about the impact of the Pentagon's decision to curtail spending on the Transformational Satellite communications, or T-Sat, program over the next six years. "The 2009 budget request completely undermines the program, pulling $3.6 billion out of the program through fiscal year 2013 and delaying] the first launch to 2018 at the earliest," Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) said during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, which he chairs. "And the requirements for T-Sat haven't changed, so what's going on?"
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