National Security Space

AIA Position StatementLook Toward the Future

Space-based capabilities are critical to national security, supporting defense operations, intelligence gathering, and global stability. AIA’s Space Division advocates for policies, funding, and regulatory frameworks that strengthen national security space efforts. The industry plays a vital role in advancing resilient and innovative space technologies to enhance defense readiness and strategic capabilities.

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Establish an accountability mechanism for the DOD and the USSF’s Commercial Space Strategies

Create accountability metrics and progress milestones to track and ensure that the DOD Commercial Space Integration Strategy and the USSF’s Commercial Space Strategy are effectively implemented. Validate that programmed funding aligns with the respective strategies and that commercially available solutions are fully leveraged to speed delivery to the warfighter.

Develop offensive space capabilities

Build sufficient offensive capabilities to prohibit the prospect of a nearpeer, space-enabled attack against the joint force.

Reduce over-classification

Lower classification barriers to improve the acquisition process, increase budget transparency, speed up capability delivery, and increase information sharing, particularly with international allies and partners, and eliminate duplicative classification of the same programs and architectures across defense and intelligence organizations. Improve threat-sharing mechanisms with space companies and operators.