Aug28 Weapons in Space: A Virtual Book Talk with Dr. Aaron Bateman The Strategic Defense Initiative is remembered as a controversial Reagan-era project to create a space-based missile defense program, but what were its far-reaching consequences for space security? How did this program bring us to where we are today–with growing counterspace capabilities and great power competition in outer space? And what does it say about the […]
Jun20 Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy: A Conversation with HPSCI Chairman Mike Turner Please join the Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) and the Aerospace Security Project (ASP) on Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 11:00am ET for a fireside chat with Congressman Michael Turner (R-OH), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), senior member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and Head of […]
Jun12 Please join the CSIS Aerospace Security Project on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at 3:30pm EDT for a two-part event on how the U.S. Space Force is advancing sensemaking and connectivity in the space domain to enable the joint fight. The event will begin with an engaging fireside conversation with two U.S. Space Force leaders and end with […]
Jun12 Integrating Space for the Joint Fight Please join the CSIS Aerospace Security Project on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at 3:30pm EDT for a two-part event on how the U.S. Space Force is advancing sensemaking and connectivity in the space domain to enable the joint fight. The event will begin with an engaging fireside conversation with two U.S. Space Force leaders and end with an […]
Apr17 Counterspace Trends: An Evolving Global Landscape Hosted ByCSIS Aerospace Security Project and Secure World Foundation Please join the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Aerospace Security Project and Secure World Foundation (SWF) on Wednesday, April 17 at 9:00am ET for a discussion about the latest counterspace weapons trends. The conversation comes on the heels of complementary reports published annually by each organization, CSIS’s Space Threat Assessment 2024 and SWF’s Global Counterspace Capabilities Report. Experts from each organization […]
Feb23 Delivering for the Warfighter: The Importance of Executing Space Acquisition Programs The Honorable Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, released a set of space acquisition tenets in October 2022 and a formula to go fast in space acquisition in April 2023. Building on these themes, in December 2023, he released guidance detailing program management skills for acquisition professionals. Please […]
Jan24 Air Force Priorities in an Era of Strategic Competition Please join the CSIS Aerospace Security Project and Defense Budget Analysis program on Wednesday, January 24 at 11:00am EST for a conversation on the Air Force’s budgetary priorities with the Honorable Kristyn E. Jones, performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Air Force, and Lt. Gen. Richard G. Moore, Jr., the Deputy Chief of Staff for […]
Jan19 Tactically Responsive Space: A Holistic Approach In September 2023, a new record was set in space launch. Just 27 hours after receiving an order to launch, a team comprised of U.S. Space Systems Command, Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems (which built the satellite) and Firefly Aerospace (which built the rocket) successfully launched a satellite into low Earth orbit. Named VICTUS NOX, the […]
Oct10 Implementing Competitive Endurance: Space Intelligence Please join the CSIS Aerospace Security Project virtually on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 3:00 – 4:00 PM EDT, for a conversation with Major General Gregory J. Gagnon, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Intelligence, U.S. Space Force, and Brigadier General Brian D. Sidari, Director of Intelligence, U.S. Space Command. Maj. Gen. Gagnon and Brig. Gen. Sidari will sit down […]
Aug04 Looking South: A Conversation with GEN Laura Richardson on Security Challenges in Latin America Hosted ByCSIS Aerospace Security Project and CSIS Smart Women Smart Power The Center for Strategic and International Studies will host a virtual Smart Women, Smart Power and Aerospace Security Project conversation with General Laura J. Richardson, U.S. Army, 32nd Commander of the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). General Richardson will sit down with Dr. Kathleen McInnis, Director of the CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative, and Kari Bingen, Director of the CSIS Aerospace […]
