SWF Provides Public Lecture on the Space Force and Overall Trends in National Security Space

Thursday, April 8, 2021

SWF Director of Program Planning Dr. Brian Weeden gave a virtual public lecture to the Charlottesville Committee on Foreign Relations discussing the Space Force and current trends in national security space. Dr. Weeden provided an overview of why space was important for national security, the history of U.S. policy on national security space, the trends that drove increased concerns about space threats, how that translated into the Space Force and other recent changes, and what big unanswered questions remain. Dr. Weeden's presentation can be found here.