national security
Op-ed | National security launch not ready to commit to commercial practices
Leveraging commercial practices must not exclude or degrade mission assurance, as history has amply demonstrated.
Study of industry capabilities could reshape national security investments
The National Security Launch Architecture is not a traditional launch market study but a more comprehensive look at what capabilities commercial players could bring to the military for future space operations.
Defense intelligence chief paints bleak picture of the space battlefield
DoD wants to increase awareness of the threats the nation faces in space but classification is a problem.
Air Force to begin sweeping study of space launch industry capabilities and future markets
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center announced the start of a National Security Launch Architecture study.
Time is ripe for entrepreneurs to partner with U.S. national security space groups, says Fred Kennedy
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – During this period of rapid change, space industry entrepreneurs should be sharing their ideas with U.S. national security space agencies, Fred Kennedy, former director of the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA), said…
House passes NDAA, keeps HASC chairman Smith’s space launch reforms alive
Proposed changes to the National Security Space Launch program that Smith introduced in the HASC version of the NDAA made it into the House bill.
Air Force poised to release final solicitation notice for national security space launch
The Launch Service Procurement would be the first competition under the National Security Space Launch program.
EELV is no more. It is now ‘National Security Space Launch’
The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act directed the name change effective March 1.
Op-Ed | Getting space right is both a national security and an economic question
The next war won’t take place on the ground or the skies alone, but will take place in space, too.
New Pentagon chief Shanahan urges focus on China and ‘great power competition’
Shanahan would have to recuse himself from any matters that would affect Boeing's business, such as aircraft and satellite procurements, and space launch policy,
Op-ed | Real talk and real solutions to real space threats
While there are indeed real threats the United States faces in space, the political and public discourse about both the threats and solutions leaves much to be desired.
Space as a national security concern is hard to explain
The United States is hugely dependent on a “space architecture we designed a lot like the internet, not with threats in mind.”
In the Trump administration, deep mistrust of Chinese, Russian motives in space
National Space Council Executive Secretary Scott Pace said China and Russia are to blame for space no longer being a sanctuary.
Analysts: Space weapons proliferating, there is more congestion and competition
Secure World Foundation releases new report on global counterspace capabilities. "Space is important to everyone, not the sole domain of militaries and intelligence services."
On National Security | Cloud of uncertainty over military space programs
“On National Security” appears in every issue of SpaceNews magazine. This column ran in the Dec. 18, 2017 issue.
Space industry takes prominent role in Trump’s national security strategy
"The United States must maintain our leadership and freedom of action in space," says the 2017 National Security Strategy.
