Aerospace Industries Association
AIA Works with Top Defense Department Leaders to Organize Classified Space Briefing
Representatives from AIA’s National Security Space Committee convened at a secure location in Northern Virginia Oct. 6 for a briefing on a study that highlights the dependence of the U.S. military and warfighter on space capabilities.
The study — known as the "Day Without Space" — was produced by the U.S. Air Combat Command in order to better understand space dependencies.
After an unclassified version of the study was briefed at AIA’s offices by the National Security Space Office, the association worked to organize a more detailed, classified briefing by Air Combat Command.
The briefing highlighted the threats from space debris facing our space capabilities and underscored AIA’s efforts to bring this issue to the attention of lawmakers. AIA is also a lead advocate for improved space situational awareness. With the space environment more crowded and dangerous than ever before, AIA contends that the U.S. space industry stands ready to provide innovative solutions to space protection and space situational awareness challenges.
As part of its advocacy, AIA hosted a briefing for congressional staff in August with Analytical Graphics President and CEO Paul Graziani and Dr. Andrew Palowitch of the Space Protection Program on the threats associated with an increasingly crowded and contested space environment.
AIA Source: mike.conschafter[at]aia-aerospace.org
