View Video: China in Space—A Strategic Competition? By Todd HarrisonPublishedApril 26, 2019 Todd Harrison discusses his testimony on China’s civil and national security space programs before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on April 25, 2019.
View The Risks a War in Space Poses for Nuclear Stability on Earth By Todd HarrisonPublishedJuly 30, 2019 A fresh perspective on the vulnerability of U.S. space assets and their role in nuclear deterrence in an increasingly crowded and contested domain.
View The Air Force of the Future By Todd HarrisonPublishedOctober 29, 2019 The Air Force of the Future reviews the three congressionally mandated studies of the Air Force’s current and future force structure.
View How the Air Force Can Save $30 Billion By Todd HarrisonPublishedNovember 11, 2019 This analysis examines possible fleet reductions that could generate $30 billion in savings over the next five years for the US Air Force.
View Space Threat Assessment 2020 By Todd Harrison, Kaitlyn Johnson, Thomas G. Roberts, Tyler Way, Makena YoungPublishedMarch 30, 2020 An interactive summary of Space Threat Assessment 2020, a featured report from the CSIS Aerospace Security Project.
View Report: Space Threat Assessment 2020 By Todd Harrison, Kaitlyn Johnson, Thomas G. Roberts, Tyler Way, Makena YoungPublishedMarch 30, 2020 Space Threat Assessment 2020 aggregates and analyzes publicly available information on the counterspace capabilities of other nations.
View Battle Networks and the Future Force: Part 1 By Todd HarrisonPublishedAugust 5, 2021 As the first in a series that explores the future of battle networks in the U.S. military—what has become known as Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2)—this paper examines the importance of battle networks to modern military operations and presents a framework of five functional elements that make up a battle network. This framework provides a common basis for conceptualizing and comparing existing systems and proposed new capabilities in terms of how they contribute to JADC2.
View Defense Against the Dark Arts in Space By Todd Harrison, Kaitlyn Johnson, Makena YoungPublishedFebruary 26, 2021 This analysis from the CSIS Aerospace Security Project addresses different methods and technologies that can be used by the United States government, and others, to protect against or deter adversarial attacks via counterspace weapons.
View Space Threat Assessment 2021 By Todd Harrison, Kaitlyn Johnson, Joe Moye, Makena YoungPublishedApril 1, 2021 Space Threat Assessment 2021 aggregates and analyzes publicly available information on the counterspace capabilities of other nations.
Congressional Testimony: NASA’s Future in Low Earth Orbit By Todd HarrisonPublishedSeptember 21, 2021 The following testimony was presented to the House Science, Space, & Technology Committee during its “NASA’s Future in Low Earth Orbit: Considerations for ISS Extension and Transition” hearing on September 21, 2021. Chairman Beyer, Ranking Member Babin, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on this important topic. The […]