In Episode 144 of the Aerospace Advantage, Commander Conversation: Royal Canadian Air Force Spacepower, Doug Birkey chats with Brigadier General Mike Adamson, Commander of 3 Canadian Space Division (3 CSD); Brigadier General Chris McKenna, Director General Air and Space Force Development; and Brigadier General Kyle Paul Deputy Commanding General, Transformation, U.S. Space Operations Command.
The Royal Canadian Air Force organizes, trains, operates, and equips for a broad range of air and space missions. Building off an earlier podcast episode with Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force Lt Gen Eric Kenny, this episode seeks to further explore current RCAF activities through the spacepower lens. We discuss challenges and opportunities facing the RCAF in orbit; how Canada sees spacepower missions evolving when it comes to interoperability, protocols, and equipment equity; and how the RCAF can effectively secure desired mission effects given an increasingly contested domain and extend deterrence to space.
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Guests
BGen G. Michael Adamson3 Canadian Space Division Commander, RCAF
BGen Chris McKennaDirector, General Air and Space Force Development
BGen Kyle PaulDeputy Commander - Operations, Plans, Training, and Force Development, Space Operations Command
Tim RyanSenior Director, National Security Space Business Development, AstroboticHost
Doug BirkeyExecutive Director, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace StudiesRelated Reading
Credits
Producer
Shane Thin
Executive Producer
Douglas Birkey