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?
By Sam Wilson
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/issue-brief-fiscal-year-2023-space-force-budget-analysis-missile-warning-and-tracking-looms
Enabling a New Space Paradigm: Harnessing Space Mobility and Logistics
Can the U.S. Space Force mature its Space Mobility and Logistics (SM&L) capabilities using four approaches—Participant, Customized, Anchor Tenant, and Owner—that do not readily exist in space today?
By Rebecca Reesman
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/enabling-new-space-paradigm-harnessing-space-mobility-and-logistics
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
Latest Papers, Events & News
The Modern Missile Threat
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode043-modern-missile-threat
Leveraging Commercial Space For National Security
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/leveraging-commercial-space-national-security
Getting the Most Deterrent Value from U.S. Space Forces
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/getting-most-deterrent-value-us-space-forces
Developing Foundational Spacepower Doctrine
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/developing-foundational-spacepower-doctrine
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
National Security Podcasts
Featured Experts
Sam Wilson
Role
Systems Director, 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://live-csps-portal-drupal.pantheonsite.io/experts/lina-cashin
Rebecca Reesman
Role
Senior Project Engineer, Space Enterprise
https://live-csps-portal-drupal.pantheonsite.io/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://live-csps-portal-drupal.pantheonsite.io/experts/marlon-sorge
Carrie O’Quinn
Role
Senior Project Engineer, Research and Development Department
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/carrie-oquinn