Military Npoess Successor Slowly Moves Forward
By Amy Butler .
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Pentagon’s newly crafted Defense Weather Satellite System (DWSS) is moving forward after a tumultuous year since its predecessor, the tri-agency National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (Npoess), was canceled.
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