Department of Defense Releases Space Policy Review and Strategy on Protection of Satellites

The Department of Defense is investing in space at the highest level ever to deter aggression and, if deterrence fails, to be prepared to prevail in conflict.

Department of Defense: The Department of Defense recently released to Congress a combined response to the Fiscal Year 2022 NDAA requirement for a Space Policy Review and the Fiscal Year 2023 NDAA requirement to make publicly available an unclassified strategy for the protection and defense of on-orbit assets.

Space plays a critical role in American security, prosperity, and way of life and is critical to overall military effectiveness across the entire Joint Force.  The Department of Defense is investing in space at the highest level ever to deter aggression and, if deterrence fails, to be prepared to prevail in conflict.

Informed by the 2022 National Defense Strategy and other Department-  and national-level guidance, the response to Congress communicates the strategy of the Department of Defense to defend its national security interests in space from the growing scope and scale of counterspace  threats by: