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
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/fiscal-year-2023-space-force-budget-analysis-missile-warning-and-tracking-looms-large
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
Outpacing the Threat With an Agile Defense Space Enterprise
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/outpacing-threat-agile-defense-space-enterprise
What Place for Space: Competing Schools of Operational Thought in Space
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/what-place-space-competing-schools-operational-thought-space
US Missile Warning Sats Fair Game If No New START?
https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2019-07-17-us-missile-warning-sats-fair-game-if-no-new-start
A Framework for Resilience
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/framework-resilience
Options for Retired ICBM Booster Systems
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/options-retired-icbm-booster-systems
Clearing the Intellectual Underbrush: Preparing for Conflict that Extends Into Space
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/clearing-intellectual-underbrush-preparing-conflict-extends-space
Space Agenda 2021
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/space-agenda-2021
Upcoming Events
Injecting Space into Wargaming
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode102-injecting-space-wargaming
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