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ICYMI: Earlier this month, CSPS published its annual FY 2025 Defense Space Budget Brief. Robert (Sam) Wilson breaks down the FY 2025 budget submission, which reflects the United States Department of Defense's continued emphasis on the transition to a new model for defense space operations. In coming years, the Space Force will likely take additional steps toward a more distributed and proliferated approach for defense space capabilities. 🔗 Read the full brief here: https://lnkd.in/eQRkCBgK #SpacePolicy #NatSecSpace #SpaceForce

New from CSPS 💲 The FY 2025 Defense Space Budget Brief: Continued Emphasis on Proliferation Under a More Constrained Top-Line This year’s budget cycle has been unusual, with significant consequences for the young United States Space Force. This is the fifth budget submission since the establishment of the Space Force and, over that period, the service’s budget has nearly doubled. However, this request is the first in which the amount fell from the prior year. Robert (Sam) Wilson breaks down the FY 2025 budget submission, which reflects the United States Department of Defense's continued emphasis on the transition to a new model for defense space operations. In coming years, the Space Force will likely take additional steps toward a more distributed and proliferated approach for defense space capabilities. 🔗 Read the full brief here: https://lnkd.in/eQRkCBgK #SpacePolicy #NatSecSpace #SpaceForce

AFCEA Space Coast Chapter has announced a long-term strategic agreement with SpaceCom | Space Congress to foster enhanced #collaboration and drive #innovation in national defense and space operations. #streamliningprocedures #optimizingstrategies #space Click below to learn more about this agreement and the upcoming #conference: https://lnkd.in/d7hwRxY7

For the next edition of our debate series, Thomas González Roberts and Benjamin Staats address whether sustained space maneuver (SSM) should be an essential warfighting principle for the U.S. Space Force - given the increasing competition and emerging threats in space. The authors debate how important SSM is to the goals of DOD space leadership, and how it will require continued analysis of the current and future state of the space environment. 📰 Read the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/eyUPcZct The CSPS debate series highlights national security space debates with arguments from two analysts external to The Aerospace Corporation. If you want to learn more on this, watch the recent debate series event hosted at The George Washington University: https://lnkd.in/gqffxN8x #SSM #SpacePolicy #SpaceForce

🚀 Is Space Force's "Resilience" Strategy Enough for Orbital Defense? New CSPS analysis reveals challenges in the FY 2025 Defense Space Budget. With a constrained top-line, the focus is on proliferation and commercial partnerships. But is this enough? Key points: a) $29.6 billion requested for Space Force (3.5% of DoD budget) b) Emphasis on distributed, resilient space capabilities c) Integration of commercial satellite services d) Debate: "Brown Waters" vs "Blue Waters" space strategy Is resilience truly deterrence? The space domain needs a credible offensive counterforce capability to ensure robust defense. What's your take on the future of space defense strategy? Link: https://lnkd.in/gxrtdD8v #SpaceForce #SpaceDefense #MilitaryStrategy #SpaceTechnology #DefenseBudget #NationalSecurity

🛰️ Ebase is making significant strides with a $1,774,657 award from the United States Department of Defense, specifically the United States Department of the Air Force. Their project, the Adversarial Space Threat Simulator for Space Defense and Counter-Space, is set to enhance space defense capabilities. 🌌 This project is part of the Small Technology Transfer Research Program Phase II, focusing on applied research. It will span 21 months, beginning on August 16, 2024, and concluding on May 18, 2026. Hats off to Ebase for their dedication to space defense innovation! #SBIR #STTR #SpaceDefense #Innovation

United States Space Force Gets Anti-#SATCOM #Jammers The U.S. Space Force will soon acquire ground-based jammers against SATCOM to counter #space-based reconnaissance. https://lnkd.in/d3KWBUxs

Where do YOU fit in? The Space Warfighting Architecture shows how we're all connected, and how SpOC provides combat-ready space forces to our teammates across the globe. Another interesting fact: many of the commands you see on this chart got their start as a part of SpOC. In the nearly four years since we were established, SpOC has launched multiple USSF organizations that have evolved to focus on a specific mission set, including Space Training and Readiness Command, Space Forces-Space and Deltas 5 & 15. It's been our honor to set up our teammates for success! United States Space Force #USSpaceForce #SemperSupra #BuildOnAndBuildOut #ViaVincimus #USSF5

If you haven't listened to this week's episode of Real Space Strategy, here's a quote to encourage you to do so.... “… people need to keep in perspective how dependent we have become on space … those 10,200 satellites on-orbit of every nation’s registry are up there doing 24/7 365 day operations and it becomes awfully easy for our sister services to look at the Space Force as a service provider … there is not going to be any support to the warfighter if we get into a war because our satellites are absolutely undefended … the enemy has more weapons than we have satellites that they need to defend. Space Force only operates an average of 70 satellites. The Chinese have 400 satellites. We are a second-rate Space Force; we took our eyes off the ball … right now the Space Force is getting about 3.5% of the entire DoD budget and we have to catch up. We are so far behind the curve plus we have over- bureaucratized our management of space … we have to provide space superiority in challenged and contested space, or we won’t be able to provide services to anyone anywhere … we don’t have the types of weapons to hold at risk enemies who would challenge us in space. Therefore, we have no deterrent capability, no deterrent credibility. We are sitting ducks.” Dr. M.V. "Coyote Smith, Professor of Strategic Space Studies, Air Command and Staff College – Real Space Strategy Podcast 24 Jun 2024 https://lnkd.in/d7zyf8Ai

Space Force to industry: Prove value of new commercial space services Lt. Gen. Bratton: “We talk a lot about space refueling, but we don’t really know what the case is for its military utility” - The bottom line is “where are we willing to put our money?” he added. To answer that, “we’re trying to understand what’s possible from commercial. What makes a good business case for them?” - https://lnkd.in/eAx9R5Hu