Defending Space from Emerging Threats “A Team Sport,” Says USSF Written 15 August 2025

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Defending Space from Emerging Threats “A Team Sport,” Says USSF

Left to Right: Al Tadros, Victor Vigliotti, and Kelly Hammett participate in a 2025 ASCEND panel on navigating the evolving threat landscape, July 23, 2025, Las Vegas. | Credit: AIAA–©

FROM THE INSTITUTE
Every week, the head of U.S. Space Force’s Space Rapid Capabilities Office is briefed on the growing number of capabilities that adversaries like Russia and China are launching in the space domain. “It’s a little discouraging to see the pace and scale in which capabilities are being fielded into a domain that threatens the Space Force posture and our commercial capabilities,” said Kelly Hammett during last month’s ASCEND panel on navigating the evolving threat landscape.
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