Paper Space Leadership in Transition Space leadership has enduring importance, yet it seems to mean different things to different people. It also changes over time. How should we characterize space leadership in the twenty-first century? November 2019
Paper Satellite Insurance Policy Paper The space insurance industry may be on the threshold of major changes. What are the key drivers and issues facing the satellite insurance market? November 2019
Paper Defending Spacecraft in the Cyber Domain The vulnerability of satellites and other space assets to cyberattack is often overlooked in wider discussions of cyber threats to critical national infrastructure. What should be considered when… November 2019
Paper Closing the Arctic Infrastructure Gap While the Arctic is one of the most sparsely populated places on the planet and a remote area known for cold and harsh conditions, changes to the region are driving a growing demand for… October 2019
Paper Outpacing the Threat With An Agile Defense Space Enterprise This is a critical moment for the United States in space. Potential adversaries are developing and fielding anti-satellite weapons and more effective military satellites, threatening U.S. security… September 2019
Getting It Right Getting It Right: September 2019 Human spaceflight programs, failure analysis, semiconductors, model-based systems engineering, SmallSat Conference. September 2019
Paper Establishing Space Traffic Management Standards, Guidelines, and Best Practices U.S. Space Policy Directive - 3 identifies the need for space traffic management (STM)-related standards, guidelines, and best practices to be developed to address a wide range of STM issues. The new… September 2019
Paper The Future of Ubiquitous, Realtime Intelligence: A GEOINT Singularity Imagine a future where realtime Earth observations with analytics are available globally to the average citizen, providing a tremendous wealth of information, insight, and intelligence. The… August 2019
Fact Sheet Albuquerque Headquarters Aerospace’s presence in New Mexico has generated an economic impact of $21 million and grown to nearly 100 employees—including scientists and engineers who are working to develop innovative space… July 2019
Paper What Place for Space: Competing Schools of Operational Thought in Space How can identifying distinct schools of thought in space allow us to better understand the choices being made today about how to organize and fund space for national security? July 2019
Getting It Right Getting It Right: June 2019 Coping with Inherited Components, Just-Right Advice for Alternate-Grade Electronics, Reliability Models Key to Mission Success, Trusted AI and Autonomous Systems, Lessons Learned: Ground Control to… June 2019
Fact Sheet Technology Transfer Aerospace transfers technology through publications, exchanges at conferences, reports, work under contract, and through relationships within the federal government and industries. June 2019
Paper Game Changer: On Orbit Servicing A new generation of cooperative spacecraft designed specifically for on-orbit servicing could upgrade their own hardware every few years — a need that has been identified by the commercial, civil,… May 2019
Fact Sheet Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Leveraging artificial intelligence techniques for space systems requires both understanding the tools and testing them with different types of data sets. It is essential to have the ability to… April 2019
Fact Sheet Technology Characterization, Assessment and Test Constellations of smaller, shorter-lifespan satellites are enabling faster technology insertion and more frequent updates to capabilities on orbit. This trend isn’t limited to new entrants; even… April 2019
