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Inside this collection, you’ll find a series of stories and infographics hitting the most interesting results from the survey.
Watch the Breaking Defense Military Space Survey roundtable [Video]
Our hour-long roundtable debates all the hot military space issues.
Megaconstellations may prove a wildcard for Pentagon space planners [Video]
"I think there is a lack of focus on the issue of not just megaconstellations, but on the future role of commercial space, and how we, as an international community regulate commercial space so that it fits the international security and national security priorities and needs."
Industry and Pentagon have different views on space acquisition [Video]
In its third year, Space Force is going to have to prove to those inside the Pentagon and at major contractors that it's making progress on acquisition reform.
Is Space Force playing nice with others? [Video]
“Someone has to make a decision. If all of these decisions are made by committees and committees and committees, then they are often dependent on personality and not actually how they will fulfill the mission.”
Is the Space Force doing what it’s supposed to? [Infographics]
Respondents to the Breaking Defense Space Survey have differing opinions on how effective the Space Force has been, two years in.
Is China really the greatest threat to the US in space, or is Russia? [Video]
Seventy-eight percent of survey respondents said China is the greatest threat in space. But our panel of experts is less convinced.
The major threats and challenges for America in space [Infographics]
A first-ever Breaking Defense space survey asked professionals in defense- and space-related fields about what worries them the most, and where America is falling behind.
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Myriad ways that commercial satellite capabilities augment DoD space assets
The U.S. Space Force is looking to the commercial satellite industry to make sure that breakthroughs in technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning are made available to combined commercial/military satellite networks.
Miles above top secret: Does the US classify too much in space? [Video]
A quarter of experts on space policy debate whether the US needs to be more open about its space capabilities.
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Military survey results show need for advancing speed and resiliency for U.S. Space
Adapting for the future of space requires new ways of envisioning what “success” really means.
Allies eyeing ‘niche’ space capabilities for warfighting with US
"The key to success is frank and open discussion ... tearing down those information sharing barriers, to be sure that we're truly interoperable," said Australian Air Commodore Nicholas Hogan.
US space industry ‘tactically strong’ but lacks long-term investment, study finds
Despite investments of nearly $200 billion in commercial space since 2012, the US will lose what the authors paint as a vital race with China without more strategic vision, study sponsored by DoD's Defense Innovation Unit says.
Russian suspected ground-launched ASAT test scatters dangerous debris through LEO
Consensus is forming that the most likely cause of the breakup was a strike by a A-235 / PL-19 Nudol ASAT system