Mitchell Institute Spacepower Advantage Center of Excellence

Mitchell Institute Spacepower Advantage Center of Excellence

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The Mitchell Institute’s Spacepower Advantage Center of Excellence (MI-SPACE) informs and advances thinking about the emerging national security challenges and opportunities related to the space domain. Ensuring the American public, Congress, and the Department of Defense fully understand the issues facing the newly created Space Command and Space Force is essential to their success and the security of the United States.

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Space Podcasts


Episode 179 – Space Electronic Warfare: Key to Modern Combat Operations

In episode 179 of the Aerospace Advantage, Space Electronic Warfare: Key to Modern Combat Operations, John “Slick” Baum and Charles Galbreath chat with Col Chris “Trigger” Fernengel and Lt Col Chris “Shocker” Adams of the Space Force. It’s no secret that space is an increasingly contested domain. The U.S. didn’t…

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Episode 177 — Hypersonic Ascendancy: Regaining America’s Edge

In episode 177 of the Aerospace Advantage, Hypersonic Ascendancy: Regaining America’s Edge, John “Slick” Baum chats with Dr. Michael Brown, the Principal Scientist of the High-Speed Systems Division at Air Force Research Laboratory, and Mark Rettig, Vice President and General Manager for Business and Technology Development at GE Aerospace’s Edison Works…

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Space Publications


Space: The Digital Frontier

The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is pleased to announce the publication of its submission to the 2023 Air Power Journal for the Dubai International Air Chiefs’ Conference (DIACC), titled Space: The Digital Frontier, and authored by Senior Fellow for Spacepower Studies Charles Galbreath. Space operations are dependent on digital…

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Securing Cislunar Space and the First Island Off the Coast of Earth

Reaching the Moon was once a powerful statement of America’s prowess and global leadership, with huge strategic implications that played out during the Cold War. Today, there is a new race to the Moon and the surrounding region that will establish a precedent for both activities on Earth and further…

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Joint All-Domain Command and Control: The Role for Space

The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is pleased to announce the publication of its submission to the 2022 Air Power Journal for the Dubai International Air Chiefs’ Conference (DIACC), titled Joint All-Domain Command and Control: The Role for Space, and authored by Senior Fellow for Spacepower Studies Tim Ryan. Joint…

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The Indispensable Domain: The Critical Role of Space in JADC2

Arlington, VA | October 20, 2022 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is pleased to announce a new entry in its Policy Paper series, The Indispensable Domain: The Critical Role of Space in JADC2 by Tim Ryan, Senior Fellow for Spacepower Studies at the Mitchell Institute Spacepower Advantage Center…

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Annual Spacepower Security Forum

Washington DC’s premiere gathering of spacepower leaders. Insightful discussions that shed light on the key trends in national security space and what they portend for the defense community as a whole.

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