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Mar 7, 2025

A Missile Jamming and Engagement Model

This report describes a missile jamming engagement model that was developed to help assess the dependence of an air-launched missile on signals from airborne or space-based assets for success in an engagement under a plausible set of conditions.
Research

Feb 11, 2025

Operational and Policy Implications of Integrating Commercial Space Services into U.S. Department of Defense Operations

In this congressionally directed report, the authors explore the implications of the use of commercial space services by the U.S. Department of Defense, such as impacts on space operations and the national and international policy environment.
Research

Sep 30, 2024

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Space Domain Awareness: The Development of Two Artificial Intelligence Case Studies

This report documents the feasibility of artificial intelligence and machine learning when applied to the U.S. Space Force and space domain awareness mission to predict and classify resident space objects’ future trajectories and conjunction events.
Research

Jan 18, 2024

Resilient Partnerships for U.S. Military Satellite Communication Missions: Designing a Method to Assess the Impact of Partnerships on Resilience

The authors develop a methodology to define, assess, and evaluate resilience criteria over time and use the methodology to evaluate the impact of partnerships on the operational resilience of the U.S. military satellite communications mission.
Commentary

Oct 16, 2023

Encouraging Consistency in National Security Transparency

The United States remains the leader in space in both national security and commercial capabilities. Greater transparency about existing on-orbit systems that are already detected by many is an important next step that could bolster U.S. credibility while also aiding deterrence.
Research

Sep 6, 2023

Leveraging Commercial Space Services: Opportunities and Risks for the Department of the Air Force

RAND researchers evaluated two commercial space markets to understand opportunities, challenges, and risks that the Department of the Air Force could encounter when making decisions to invest in commercial space capabilities.
Research

Apr 27, 2023

The Resilience Assessment Framework: Assessing Commercial Contributions to U.S. Space Force Mission Resilience

This report describes the resilience assessment framework that RAND Project AIR FORCE developed to assess the potential impact of integrating select commercial space services on U.S. Space Force mission performance.
Research

Jan 25, 2023

Cross-Domain Lessons for Space Traffic Management: An Analysis of Air and Maritime Treaty Governance Mechanisms

In this report, the authors examine the treaty-based governance systems from both the air and maritime domains as potential models for the development of an international space traffic management system.
Research

Jan 25, 2023

First Mover Typology for the Space Domain: Building a Foundation for Future Analysis

The authors offer a categorization and nuanced views of first moves in military strategy as a basis for understanding and further analysis of first mover advantage in the space domain.
Sep 2, 2022

Practical Geolocation for Electronic Warfare Using MATLAB

This text explores the practical realities that arise from the employment of geolocation for electronic warfare in real-world systems.
Research

Feb 17, 2022

Realising the Ambitions of the UK's Defence Space Strategy: Factors Shaping Implementation to 2030

This study provides an initial look at the factors influencing the implementation of the Defence Space Strategy to 2030 and the strengths and weaknesses of the UK space enterprise. It also includes a decision support tool for capability management.
Research

Jan 6, 2022

Strategic and Legal Implications of Emerging Dual-Use ASAT Systems

This article addresses the dual-use conundrum of space technology, examining where the threshold lies for anti-satellite systems.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Space Domain Awareness: The Development of Two Artificial Intelligence Case Studies

Resilient Partnerships for U.S. Military Satellite Communication Missions: Designing a Method to Assess the Impact of Partnerships on Resilience

Encouraging Consistency in National Security Transparency

Leveraging Commercial Space Services: Opportunities and Risks for the Department of the Air Force

The Resilience Assessment Framework: Assessing Commercial Contributions to U.S. Space Force Mission Resilience

Cross-Domain Lessons for Space Traffic Management: An Analysis of Air and Maritime Treaty Governance Mechanisms

First Mover Typology for the Space Domain: Building a Foundation for Future Analysis

Practical Geolocation for Electronic Warfare Using MATLAB

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Strategic and Legal Implications of Emerging Dual-Use ASAT Systems

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Related Topics

Duality in Space: Year One

Lessons from the War in Ukraine for Space

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

Error

A Missile Jamming and Engagement Model

Operational and Policy Implications of Integrating Commercial Space Services into U.S. Department of Defense Operations

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Space Domain Awareness: The Development of Two Artificial Intelligence Case Studies

Resilient Partnerships for U.S. Military Satellite Communication Missions: Designing a Method to Assess the Impact of Partnerships on Resilience

Encouraging Consistency in National Security Transparency

Leveraging Commercial Space Services: Opportunities and Risks for the Department of the Air Force

The Resilience Assessment Framework: Assessing Commercial Contributions to U.S. Space Force Mission Resilience

Cross-Domain Lessons for Space Traffic Management: An Analysis of Air and Maritime Treaty Governance Mechanisms

First Mover Typology for the Space Domain: Building a Foundation for Future Analysis

Practical Geolocation for Electronic Warfare Using MATLAB

Realising the Ambitions of the UK's Defence Space Strategy: Factors Shaping Implementation to 2030

Strategic and Legal Implications of Emerging Dual-Use ASAT Systems

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