National Security
Subhead
Space has become a contested domain and remains critical to ensuring US national security and security of our allies. CSPS research aims to evolve understanding of the threat, potential responses, and the agile strategies and defense partnerships needed to enable success.

Featured Papers
Designing for Principles: Implementation Steps for the United States Space Force

The United States Space Force (USSF) has the daunting task of developing a more survivable, flexible, and interoperable space architecture in an environment increasingly characterized by extreme complexity and uncertainty. Can the Designing for Principles approach provide a nimbler capability development methodology for the USSF?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/designing-principles-implementation-steps-united-states-space-force
Partnering Not Bossing: Better Leveraging International Capabilities for Space Domain Awareness

The United States has found it difficult to incorporate space domain awareness (SDA) data from allies and partners due to both technical and policy obstacles. What can be done to foster stronger and more mutually beneficial agreements?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/partnering-not-bossing-better-leveraging-international-capabilities-space-domain-awareness
The FY22 Defense Space Budget Request Analysis

The United States Space Force grew more than any other military service in the fiscal year 2022 budget request. The fiscal year 2022 budget reflects the continued importance of space to the U.S. military.
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/fy22-defense-space-budget-request-analysis
Latest Papers, Events & News
Satellites at Sea- US Navy’s Maritime Domain Awareness

https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode099-satellites-sea-us-navys-maritime-domain-awareness
USSF Space Operations Command w/ LtGen Whiting

https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode098-ussf-space-operations-command-w-ltgen-whiting
Legality of Commercial-Military Integration

https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode097-legality-commercial-military-integration
Space Matters in the Arctic

https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode096-space-matters-arctic
Educating the Space Forces at NSSI

https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode086-educating-space-forces-nssi
USPS could face some difficulty in buying the gas-powered fleet it wants

https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2022-03-14-usps-could-face-some-difficulty-buying-gas-powered-fleet-it-wants
Biden taps senior DOD nominees

https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2022-03-11-biden-taps-senior-dod-nominees
The Space Force Isn’t a Military Service

https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2022-02-18-space-force-isnt-military-service
North Korea: ‘Kim doesn’t just want more missiles, he wants better ones’

https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2022-02-05-north-korea-kim-doesnt-just-want-more-missiles-he-wants-better-ones
‘Space Force’ legislation moves forward

https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2022-02-02-space-force-legislation-moves-forward
National Security Podcasts
Featured Experts
Russell Rumbaugh

Role
Systems Director, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/russell-rumbaugh
Sam Wilson

Role
Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/sam-wilson
Robin Dickey

Role
Policy Analyst, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/robin-dickey
Michael Gleason

Role
Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/michael-gleason
Lina Cashin

Role
Senior Project Engineer, National Security Space Programs Policy & Oversight
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/lina-cashin
Rebecca Reesman

Role
Senior Project Engineer, Space Enterprise
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/rebecca-reesman
Lori Gordon

Role
Senior Project Engineer, Corporate Chief Engineers Office
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/lori-gordon
Marlon Sorge

Role
Technical Fellow, Space Innovation Directorate
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/marlon-sorge
Carrie O’Quinn

Role
Senior Project Engineer, Research and Development Department
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/carrie-oquinn