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
Defending the Space Enterprise in the Cyber Domain
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode023-defending-space-enterprise-cyber-domain
A New Era of Commercial Remote Sensing
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode020-new-era-commercial-remote-sensing
Closing the Arctic Infrastructure Gap: National Security and Commercial Considerations
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode007-closing-arctic-infrastructure-gap-national-security-and-commercial
What the Expiration of New START Could Mean for U.S. Space Forces
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode004-what-expiration-new-start-could-mean-us-space-forces
Understanding the National Security Space Budget
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode001-understanding-national-security-space-budget
‘GEOINT Singularity:’ There’ll Be Nowhere For DoD To Hide
https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2019-12-16-geoint-singularity-therell-be-nowhere-dod-hide
Defending Spacecraft in the Cyber Domain
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/defending-spacecraft-cyber-domain
Closing the Arctic Infrastructure Gap
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/closing-arctic-infrastructure-gap
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
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://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