View Battle Networks and the Future Force: Part 1 By Todd Harrison PublishedAugust 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 Counterspace Timeline, 1959 – 2022 PublishedMarch 31, 2021 This repository of counterspace weapons data is comprised of tests, technology demonstrations, and unusual behaviors first identified in our annual Space Threat Assessment report series.
View Cross-domain Competition: How Organizational Stovepipes Create Risks for Shared Missions By Morgan Dwyer PublishedOctober 29, 2020 Today, traditional nuclear missions increasingly intersect with emerging technical domains such as space and cyber. How can policymakers mitigate the risks that bureaucratic competition can pose to the shared mission of defending the nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) system?
View A Balance of Instability: Effects of a Direct-ascent Anti-satellite Weapons Ban on Nuclear Stability By Kaitlyn Johnson PublishedOctober 26, 2020 How would new norms for testing space weapons affect nuclear stability and traditional deterrence? Would a direct-ascent ASAT limit or ban create stability or further destabilize the space and nuclear domains?
View Exploring Insights from Emerging Space Agencies By Renata Knittel Kommel, Ashley Peter, Mackenzie Puig-Hall, Luc Riesbeck PublishedOctober 15, 2020 This research explores the best practices and lessons learned in the development of newly formed space agencies established between 2014 and 2019.
View How Does Space Policy Directive-5 Change Cybersecurity Principles for Space Systems? By Makena Young PublishedSeptember 14, 2020 Space Policy Directive 5 (SPD-5) outlines cybersecurity principles for space systems. This analysis breaks down the key points of the directive.
View Eyes on the Prize By Spencer Kaplan PublishedJuly 13, 2020 As many nations look towards the Moon and Mars, the CSIS Aerospace Security Project looks towards the strategic implications of government and commercial action in cislunar space and on the Moon.
View What the FCC Ligado Approval Means for U.S. Military Systems By Makena Young PublishedMay 5, 2020 Learn more about the FCC approval for a private company to operate a 5G broadband network in the same band as GPS.
View Congress approved the Space Force. Now What? By Kaitlyn Johnson PublishedDecember 19, 2019 The U.S. will officially create a new military service for space, the U.S. Space Force. Learn more about the new service with this piece about the law that establishes the new service.
View The Air Force Digital Century Series: Beyond the Buzzwords By Morgan Dwyer PublishedNovember 18, 2019 in terms of a “holy trinity” of agile development, open architecture, and digital engineering. But as was discussed at the Air Force Association’s 2019 National Convention, the Digital Century Series is more than just a series of buzzwords. My understanding of the USAF’s plan to implement and integrate these buzzwords—as well as that plan’s potential—are […]