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
Issue Brief: Fiscal Year 2023 Space Force Budget Analysis: Missile Warning and Tracking Looms Large

This year’s budget request includes an increase for the USSF from last year’s appropriations. How does the FY 2023 budget affect U.S. space systems and missions?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/issue-brief-fiscal-year-2023-space-force-budget-analysis-missile-warning-and-tracking-looms
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
Latest Papers, Events & News
Principled Design vs. Designing for Principles: Rethinking Capability Development for the Space Enterprise

https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/principled-design-vs-designing-principles-rethinking-capability-development-space-enterprise
Physics of War in Space: How Orbital Dynamics Constrain Space-to-Space Engagements

https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/physics-war-space-how-orbital-dynamics-constrain-space-space-engagements
The Fragmentation of DOD: Changing Role of the Services and What it Means for Space Force

https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/fragmentation-dod-changing-role-services-and-what-it-means-space-force
Debating the Weaponization of Space

https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode037-debating-weaponization-space
Sanctuary to Contested Domain: National Security Space Policy

https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode036-sanctuary-contested-domain-national-security-space-policy
US Must Weigh ‘Strategic Impacts’ Of Arming The Heavens: Aerospace

https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2020-10-07-us-must-weigh-strategic-impacts-arming-heavens-aerospace
Organizing for Defense Space: Balancing Support for the Joint Force and Independent Space Operations

https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/organizing-defense-space-balancing-support-joint-force-and-independent-space-operations
The Arctic: Space-based Solutions to Infrastructure and National Security Needs

https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/arctic-space-based-solutions-infrastructure-and-national-security-needs
A Roadmap for Assessing Space Weapons

https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/roadmap-assessing-space-weapons
Defense Space Partnerships: A Strategic Priority

https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/defense-space-partnerships-strategic-priority
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
Systems Director, Corporate Chief Engineer’s 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