Please join the Scowcroft Center’s Forward  Defense program for the latest installment of our Commanders Series, “A conversation with General Chance Saltzman on maintaining competitive endurance in space.”

Generously supported by Saab, this event will take place on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, from 1:30 to 2:20 p.m. ET in person at 1030 15th Street, 9th Floor, NW, Washington, DC, or virtually over Zoom. Register using the form on the right.

The space domain remains crucial to protecting and advancing US and allied strategic imperatives, enabling operations ranging from navigation and communications to missile warning and tracking. Space will only become more central to US military operations as adversaries seek to exploit the United States’ dependence on space-based technologies. Since the US Space Force was established in 2019, China has doubled its number of satellites, rapidly developed its counterspace arsenal, and announced ambitions to establish a new base on the Moon. In this context, the young Space Force faces a challenging path ahead in which it must balance efforts to both maximize its ability to deter crisis in space while also advancing long-term stability and sustainability in the domain.