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Defense Industrialist

Jan 23, 2015

Disaggregating Space, Business, and Politics

By James Hasik

Smaller satellites in bigger constellations could accelerate the restructuring of both the space industry and international security relationships.   Amy Butler of Aviation Week reports today that the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is crafting a strategy to leverage what Director Robert Cardillo calls a pending “explosion” of commercially-available imagery. As Patrick Tucker writes this morning on Defense One, a great deal of the […]

Space Technology & Innovation

In the News

Jan 20, 2015

Gopalaswamy: SpaceX’s Falcon Nine Launch Previews Future of Rocketry

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

South Asia Center Acting Director Bharath Gopalaswamy writes for The Hill on California-based SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft:

Space Technology & Innovation

Captains of Industry Series

Nov 19, 2014

Transcript: Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch

By Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch Welcome:Intro: Magnus Nordenman,Deputy Director,Brent Scowcroft Center Moderator:Jeffrey Roncka,Renaissance Strategic Advisors Speaker:Salvatore “Tory” Bruno,President and CEO,United Launch Alliance Location:1030 15th Street, NW,12th Floor (West Tower),Washington, D.C. Time: 4:30 p.m. ESTDate: Thursday, November 13, 2014 Transcript byFederal News ServiceWashington, D.C.

Space Technology & Innovation

Captains of Industry Series

Nov 19, 2014

Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch

By Atlantic Council

On Thursday November 13, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed Salvatore “Tory” T. Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA). The event, titled “Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch,” was the latest in the Atlantic Council Captains of Industry series, a platform for senior executives in aerospace and defense […]

Space Technology & Innovation
1986 DIA artwork of Soviet anti-satellite weapon

NATOSource

Nov 19, 2014

Object 2014-28E – Space Junk or Russian Satellite Killer?

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

It is a tale that could have come from the cold war. A mysterious object launched by the Russian military is being tracked by western space agencies, stoking fears over the revival of a defunct Kremlin project to destroy satellites.

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An artist's rendering of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite

NATOSource

Sep 23, 2014

STRATCOM, DoD Sign Space Operations Agreement With Allies

By Cheryl Pellerin, DoD News

Officials from the Defense Department, U.S. Strategic Command and three allied nations signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday on combined space operations to strengthen deterrence, enhance resilience and optimize resources.

Space Technology & Innovation

New Atlanticist

Sep 18, 2014

Storify: #RenewingSpace: The Future of Human Space Exploration

By The Atlantic Council

Exploring space firsthand seems more elusive now than ever before with waning public interest and the termination of more than twenty NASA human space exploration programs in the last twenty-five years. Transcripts: Final Frontier – Morning Session Final Frontier – Afternoon Session Final Frontier – Jill Tarter Despite these setbacks, efforts are underway to build […]

Space Technology & Innovation

Webcasts

Sep 16, 2014

The Final Frontier: Renewing America’s Space Program

By The Atlantic Council

Please join us on September 16, 2014 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for a discussion about opportunities for international and commercial collaboration to build a more sustainable space exploration program.

Space Technology & Innovation

In the News

Sep 16, 2014

Grundman on New NASA Contract

By Steven Grundman

Los Angeles Daily News quotes M.A. and George Lund Fellow for Emerging Defense Challenges Steven Grundman on the possibility that NASA may choose SpaceX as a contractor for future projects: 

Space Technology & Innovation
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Sept. 6, 2014

NATOSource

Sep 10, 2014

Putin Says Russia Will Keep Building Military Power

By David M. Herszenhorn, New York Times

Russia will continue to build up its military might with large-scale weapons purchases in order to meet any threat, particularly from the United States and NATO, President Vladimir V. Putin said on Wednesday.

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