Research Topic
Civil, commercial and national security space.
9 publications
Space · Diplomacy & Alliances, National Security & Defense
Protecting US national interests is unachievable if the Department of Defense relies solely on traditional military-owned space systems. The US Space Force must embrace international counterparts as valued partners in an integrated hybrid architecture.
Carmen Farro, Bradley Hague
Space · National Security & Defense
Building on the report “Making Space: Clearing the Way for Hybrid Architecture,” this paper discusses the potential legal considerations that could impact a commander's ability to use a space hybrid architecture in conflict.
Kim Sloan, Todd Pennington
National Security & Defense · Space
Military procurement and the Defense Industrial Base have forgotten an old truth: an 85% solution today is typically good enough to get the job done. The solution is a hybrid model, where the government provides a clear demand signal and supports rapid delivery of capabilities that are continuously improved.
Jennifer Buss, Bradley Hague
Space · National Security & Defense
Space is now a vibrant international and commercial theater of operations. Protecting national interests will not be achievable by relying solely on traditional, military-owned space systems; the US Space Force must fully leverage a hybrid architecture.
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Cyber & Data · Space
In 2022, the Department of Defense released its Zero Trust Strategy. The US Space Force has begun pursuing zero trust to protect its digitally reliant assets while also exploring hybrid architectures that leverage military, civil, and commercial space assets.
Jason Blessing
National Security & Defense · Space
Missiles are flying over the Middle East and Europe, of many different types and with both offensive and defensive purposes. At one time, the US assumed that the only danger to the continental US was from intercontinental ballistic missiles, most likely nuclear-tipped.
Robert Hummel, PhD
National Security & Defense · Space
Last year, Donald Trump announced that “we must be able to defend our homeland, our allies, and our military assets around the world from the threat of hypersonic missiles, no matter where they are launched from.” After his election, he called for a program labeled the Golden Dome and requested a plan with no limit on cost to achieve his goal.
Gerold Yonas, PhD
Space · National Security & Defense
It used to be that space was the ultimate high ground, safe from enemy attack. Space became the place to gather intelligence, surveil, reconnoiter enemy forces, transmit information globally, and command and control the application of force without risking incoming fire.
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Space
The thousands of satellites orbiting Earth are now integral to our daily lives, essential to communication, navigation, defense, and infrastructure. However, we are increasingly cluttering orbits with human-made debris.
Carrie Zuckerman
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