View Battle Networks and the Future Force: Part 2 By Todd HarrisonPublishedNovember 3, 2021 This paper draws on lessons from previous attempts to improve battle network integration and explores how DoD can properly scope the problem and organize itself to effectively and efficiently acquire the systems needed to realize its vision for JADC2.
Battle Networks and the Future Force: Part 3 By Todd Harrison, Christopher ReidPublishedMarch 4, 2022 The Role of Allies and Partners This CSIS brief is the third in a series on the future of battle networks and Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2). The first brief in the series examined the importance of battle networks to modern military operations and presented a framework of five functional elements that make up a […]
View Battle Networks: The Three Part Series By Todd HarrisonPublishedMarch 4, 2022 Militaries use battle networks to detect what is happening on the battlefield, process that data into actionable information, decide on a course of action, communicate decisions among forces, act on those decisions, and assess the effectiveness of the actions taken. Battle networks are sometimes referred to as the “sensor-to-shooter kill chain” (or just the “kill […]
View Video: Could Trump’s ‘Space Force’ become a reality? By Todd HarrisonPublishedMay 8, 2018 “We’re getting very big in space,” says the US president. What would a new branch of the military do?
View Podcast: A Behind the Scenes Look at Space Threats By Todd Harrison, Kaitlyn Johnson, Thomas G. Roberts, Victoria Samson, Brian WeedenPublishedJune 1, 2018 Go behind the scenes with the authors of “Space Threat Assessment 2018.” They’re joined by the Secure World Foundation’s Victoria Samson and Brian Weeden to discuss what it’s like to study counterspace weapons—an inherently classified topic—in an unclassified environment.
View How Does Space Policy Directive 3 Affect Space Traffic Management? By Todd Harrison, Kaitlyn JohnsonPublishedJune 19, 2018 What did the Trump Administration’s third space policy directive change? How does it affect space debris? Will there be a Space Force? Read this assessment to find out all these answers and more!
View Podcast: Trump’s Space Force and Turkey’s Elections By Todd HarrisonPublishedJune 22, 2018 Donald Trump announced his intention to create a “space force” that would become the sixth branch of the U.S. military, CSIS space expert Todd Harrison joins the show to discuss whether that plan will get off the ground.
View Video: Securing Civil Space for America’s Return to the Moon By Todd Harrison, Thomas G. RobertsPublishedFebruary 22, 2018 On January 18, 2018, the CSIS Aerospace Security Project hosted “En Route to the Moon: Creating a Civil Space Architecture” a public forum on securing civil space systems in the new era of NASA.
View Congressional Testimony: Space Warfighting Readiness By Todd HarrisonPublishedMarch 14, 2018 Read Todd Harrison’s full testimony before the House Armed Services Committee on “Space Warfighting Readiness: Policies, Authorities, and Capabilities.”
View Seven Ways to Make the LRS-B Program a Success By Todd Harrison, Andrew HunterPublishedOctober 27, 2015 Many things can (and often do) go wrong in defense acquisitions, but here are seven things the military, contractor team, and Congress can do to help keep the LRS-B program on track.
