Operating as a Team w/ Lt Gen Burt | The Space Policy Show Ep. 119

How does the US Space Force face the reality of space as a warfighting domain versus space as a key enabler? What is the role of service-level joint forces, our collective of international allies, and commercial space actors? Does Command and Control (C2) take on different meaning? Join Aerospace Corporation's Jean Michael (General Manager, Space Systems Operations) as she talks to Space Force's Lt Gen DeAnna Burt, Chief Operations Officer for this kick-off to a 6-part season on Contested Space.

The Center for Space Policy & Strategy is hosting a 6-part series on Contested Space to be released in 2023. The series will cover a range of foundational topics affecting the protection of space against aggression in order to maintain freedom of action for all.
The series will include:
• Strategy and doctrine w/ Lt Gen DeAnna Burt, USSF
• Historical overview of contested space strategy w/ Aerospace policy experts
• Cyber for space w/ Sam Visner and Aerospace experts
• How things work in space w/ Aerospace experts
• Workforce for the future w/ STEM Director, Air & Space Forces Association
• Policymaking for commercial LEO with OSTP

00:00 Introduction
01:27 What’s your background and role in USSF?
05:15 Ukraine War and the normalization of space
08:37 Role of STARCOM
10:08 Role of Joint Force, allies, and commercial space.
13:16 USSF as the “force provider” to US Space Command
15:04 Role of C2 (Command & Control) in space
18:46 Role of the Space Force Deltas and their integration
20:25 Implications of JTAG mission going to USSF on missile warning
22:50 Recruitment, Training, Retention
26:27 Attributes of a Guardian
28:48 Sense of hesitation from the nation on space as a warfighting domain?
30:11 Comments on normalization of space within the US government in general