Defence has revised up its spending on a planned military-grade satellite communication system that was cancelled 18 months after Lockheed Martin was selected, putting the new cost at $102 million.
The department updated its sunk costs on the $7 billion project as it continues to investigate the narrow pool of staff with knowledge of the announcement before it was leaked to the media.
Defence cancelled the project last month in favour of a new approach that relies on a mesh of micro satellites for defence communication, with Defence minister Richard Marles arguing that the plan had become outdated before it had even begun.
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