National Security
Join us in preserving and strengthening space capabilities critical to national and global security today and for future generations. By connecting the national security space sector with a broad network of government, industry, academic, and policy stakeholders, ASCEND goes beyond traditional boundaries to address shared challenges.
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Securing our Future
NATIONAL SECURITY
As space becomes an increasingly strategic asset, its role in national and global security continues to grow. Space-based capabilities are critical to modern defense, intelligence, and emergency response, while the space environment itself grows more contested, congested, and competitive.
ASCEND explores the technologies, systems, strategies, and frameworks shaping the security of the space domain, including:
- Cybersecurity
- Dual-use technologies and civil-military integration
- Emerging threats and challenges
- Resilience and protection of space assets
- Space domain awareness
- Space operator readiness and human-system integration
- Space-based defenses
- And much more
Programming spans both unclassified and classified sessions, giving the community open, cross-sector dialogue alongside a dedicated classified day for cleared attendees to engage on important national security topics.
Join the defense leaders, technologists, and strategists ensuring national security in space.
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