Home Startups & Commercial Space Outpacing the Threat Science & Research Media & Events OUTPACING THE THREAT Keeping America's space industry and warfighters the best in the world Aerospace panelists and attendees take on 'Space Transformation' at ASCEND in D.C. ASCEND has wrapped, and with it Aerospace's Space Transformation Track, a full day of content tackling some of the most vital and fast-moving issues in the industry. May 2026 How to accelerate the space industrial base - and what adversaries can teach us A lively panel of leaders in the space industry took on the question of how the U.S. can keep its edge in space with competitors nipping at our heels. In fact, argued one panelist provocatively, we might actually want to... May 2026 Space domain awareness panel says collaboration is key to safety and security As the number of objects in orbit continues to skyrocket, space domain awareness (SDA) has become an enormous task — and equally enormous business opportunity. May 2026 "Proximity is power": Interest in VLEO surges despite technical challenges This niche orbit is attracting intense interest from government and commercial space organizations as the technology to operate within it matures. May 2026 NEXUS Episode 10: This Is SPARTA – the space industry’s cyber framework Episode 10 looks at how the space industry’s cyber thinkers are using the SPARTA cyber tool and its crowd-sourced insights to game out safer space operations in real time and ahead of time. March 2026 Aerospace team wins AIAA honors for innovative work on digital twins in reusable launch An Aerospace team taking on a major reusable launch challenge — predicting hardware fatigue and failure — has taken home a prestigious award from the AIAA. February 2026 How Aerospace is helping modernize launch infrastructure To maintain the pace and dominance of space launch services, launch facilities need to be modernized — and Aerospace is already hard at work on that. January 2026 The next phase of space transportation policy must embrace public, private, and global stakeholders A new paper from Aerospace's Center for Space Policy and Strategy finds that the lessons and efforts of the past are still very relevant, but also that today's dynamics suggest a new path forward. January 2026 NEXUS Episode 8: Space Cybersecurity 101 In partnership with T-Minus, NEXUS is spinning off a new series examining space cybersecurity, starting with a space-cyber overview with Aerospace expert Brandon Bailey. January 2026 USSF taps Handle to explore standardizing satellites With lead times shortening and the tech ecosystem accelerating, it's no longer practical to build every satellite from scratch. Handle is a project from Aerospace that makes power and connectivity "plug and play" — and... January 2026 Aerospace workshop identifies path towards safe, effective nuclear power in space Space-based nuclear power will be hugely important but require a great deal of foundational work before being ready for operations, concluded experts in a workshop convened by The Aerospace Corporation. December 2025 CSPS year in review It's been a big year for the Center for Space Policy and Strategy, and the space industry itself. Here are some of the highlights from 2025, from CSPS policy papers to events and podcasts. December 2025 Should the Wolf Amendment be repealed? It's complicated, Aerospace experts say In a recent podcast, Aerospace's Brian Weeden discussed the notion of repealing the Wolf Amendment, a legislative passage that sharply curtails federal cooperation with China. Is this limitation still the right practice... December 2025 The future of space cyber is smart, vigilant, and zero-trust With over 12,000 active satellites delivering global communications, space has become a highly sophisticated cyber domain. As our dependence on these systems grows, so does the risk. November 2025 Fox Business visits Aerospace HQ to see advances in AI and orbital defense Fox Business anchor Max Gorden recently visited Aerospace's Tech Campus in El Segundo, where he interviewed Steve Isakowitz live for the Varney & Co and Big Money shows. October 2025 A new model to guide the wild space ecosystem towards shared goals Commercial innovation is driving transformation of the space enterprise in low Earth orbit, cislunar space, the Moon, and beyond. How can such a fast-moving, complex endeavor be guided? A new paper from Aerospace... September 2025 Aerospace 'riskgaming' exercise swaps government and industry roles to spur collaboration Aerospace recently held the Space Transformation Summit, convening government leaders, commercial space companies, and defense officials all interested in working better together. As part of that event, a small group... August 2025 Space Force's funding boost detailed in new budget analysis The proposed 2026 budget lays out an enormous amount of money for space-based initiatives, effectively increasing the Space Force budget by nearly 40 percent, according to a new analysis. August 2025 Aerospace helps achieve 3-month turnaround for Space Force launch that once would have taken 2 years Orbital launches are now planned and executed faster than you could even pick a date in the old days. But that doesn't mean they're any less complicated. July 2025 History of GPS policy holds lessons for handling future dual-use technologies GPS is ubiquitous now, but the policies that govern this influential technology have evolved over decades, as documented in a recent paper by Aerospace's Brian Weeden — and discussed in a new Federal News Network podcast... June 2025 Pagination Page 1 Next