U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Satellite Industry: An Analysis of Risks - Brossura

O'Connell, Kevin M.

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ISBN 10: 083303118X ISBN 13: 9780833031181

Casa editrice: RAND Corporation, 2001

Riassunto

This report assesses the key risks facing U.S. commercial remote sensing firms. These companies aim to become an important part of the U.S. commercial remote sensing industry, which today largely consists of aerial data providers and the value-added firms that play an important role in converting raw imagery data into the products desired by customers. This report provides some much-needed perspective on how these risks, or at least our appreciation of them, have changed from the early 1990s when the U.S. government took important steps to encourage the commercialization of satellite remote sensing.

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L'autore:

Kevin M. O'Connell (M.A., Public Policy, University of Maryland) is a Senior International Policy Analyst and the Manager of Intelligence Community Programs at Rand. John C. Baker is a technology policy analyst at Rand specializing incommercial observation satellite issues. As a former research staff memberat George Washington University's Space Policy Institute, he directed theSouth China Sea Remote Sensing project. Beth E. Lachman (M.S., Operations Research, Stanford University) is a policy analyst in Rand's Washington office. Her expertise includes systems analysis of environmental problems, environmental science and technology policy, sustainable development policy, mathematical modeling and GIS analysis of urban systems.

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Assesses the risks facing U.S. commercial remote sensing satellite firms and explores the U.S. policy and regulatory environment for these firms. American firms have begun to operate their own imaging satellite systems, aiming to become an important part of the U.S. commercial remote sensing industry. To succeed over the long run, these new U.S. commercial remote sensing satellite firms need a combination of reliable technologies, government policies that encourage U.S. industry competitiveness, a strong international presence, and sound business plans to ensure their competitiveness in both the domestic and international marketplaces. The greatest risks for the these firms come from the challenge of transforming themselves from imagery data providers to strong competitors as information age companies; the need to master the technical risks of building and operating sophisticated imaging satellite systems; and the requirement to operate effectively in a complex international business environment. In addition, the government's policymaking process has yet to achieve the degree of predictability, timeliness, and transparency that the firms need if they are expected to operate effectively in a highly competitive and rapidly changing global marketplace. The authors conclude with six recommendations that the U.S. Department of Commerce should adopt to best fulfill its responsibilities for promoting the U.S. commercial remote sensing industry and for encouraging the competitiveness of new private imaging satellite firms. (MP)

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• Editore: RAND Corporation
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 083303118X
• ISBN 13: 9780833031181
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 138