{"id":49448,"date":"2025-03-28T19:16:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/continuity-and-change-in-trumps-playbook-for-space-national-security-issues\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T19:16:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:16:35","slug":"continuity-and-change-in-trumps-playbook-for-space-national-security-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/continuity-and-change-in-trumps-playbook-for-space-national-security-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuity and Change in Trump\u2019s Playbook for Space National Security Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to space as a national security issue, the Trump 2.0 administration is expected to lean forward on offensive capabilities and integrating commercial service providers into Department of Defense networks, according to industry analysts and former officials. But it will have to spend as yet unknown billions of dollars to realize its vision of an Iron Dome of space-based sensors and interceptors to protect the United States from missile attacks.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump\u2019s mercurial nature and his transactional approach to foreign policy, not to mention the breach with Europe over Ukraine, will also have profound impacts on the White House\u2019s policy for space as a national security issue, some of these experts say.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TxyAGupHSTWDq1iNVMSA_VS_04_050125_DGTL_1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TxyAGupHSTWDq1iNVMSA_VS_04_050125_DGTL_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TxyAGupHSTWDq1iNVMSA_VS_04_050125_DGTL_1-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TxyAGupHSTWDq1iNVMSA_VS_04_050125_DGTL_1-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TxyAGupHSTWDq1iNVMSA_VS_04_050125_DGTL_1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the April\/May 2025 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>In many ways, there will be \u201ca good amount of continuity\u201d with the Biden administration, Kari Bingen, deputy under secretary of defense for intelligence and security in the first Trump administration, and now a scholar at CSIS, tells <em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The importance of cybersecurity, supply chain security and integrating commercial space constellations into military capabilities would all continue to be administration priorities, she says.<\/p>\n<p>She points out that on many of these issues, the Biden policies were actually a continuation of Trump 1.0 policies. The Biden administration, for example, continued to use Trump\u2018s Space Policy Directive 5, on the cybersecurity of space systems, \u201cSo that continuity is actually with the first Trump administration,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6993b219ae5;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6993b219ae5 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6993b219ae6').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6993b219ae6'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of us have crystal balls right now,\u201d she says, emphasizing the uncertainty of making predictions only a month into the new administration.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, she expects to see a de-emphasizing of ad hoc efforts to build support around U.S. unilateral moratoriums on offensive space weapons development. As an example, she cited the last administration\u2019s decision to abjure destructive direct assent, anti-satellite weapons testing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not that they won\u2019t abide by [such moratoriums] but I think you\u2019ll see a greater emphasis on space war fighting and the weapons needed to protect and defend our interests in space, which can include \u2026 offensive capabilities, and less emphasis on \u2018Let\u2019s get as many countries as we can to sign on to these unilateral moratoriums,\u2019\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the Iron Dome (now hastily rebranded as Golden Dome) missile defense initiative, President Trump\u2019s executive order laid out a key role for space, she says. Golden Dome will rely on the Space Force\u2019s projected overhead sensor architecture, to detect and track ballistic missiles, maneuvering hypersonic vehicles and other next generation strategic weapons. But the EO also reenvisages a role for a space-based interceptor capability \u2013 derided by critics as a resurrection of President Reagan\u2019s failed Strategic Defense Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Bingen says advances in technology had transformed both the feasibility and the economics of a space-based interceptor system. The studies that underlaid critiques of the Reagan-era vision were out of date, she says. \u201cOver the last 20 years, many of those assumptions have changed dramatically. The cost of launch has dropped dramatically. We have production lines pumping out satellites at fairly low cost points. The technology to stitch these things together. That\u2019s all come a long way,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have not so far mentioned any budget numbers for the program, and analysts agree it\u2019s too early even for estimates.<\/p>\n<p>In a briefing for reporters Feb. 24, Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman pledged his service would play a \u201ccentral role\u201d in Golden Dome, and says he had set up a special team that was \u201cevaluating what systems the Space Force already has in development to support the president\u2019s order and what capabilities it would need to build. From there, it\u2019s exploring questions around technical feasibility and drafting cost estimates \u2026 as well as its projections for what a more advanced architecture would require,\u201d according to the Defense Department.<\/p>\n<h3>An Unclear Future for International Partnerships<\/h3>\n<p>The new administration will likely look for closer cooperation in space with Israel, according to Bingen. \u201cI think there are opportunities there,\u201d she says, particularly with regard to remote sensing and imagery. Israel could use the capabilities of U.S. satellites collecting electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, she says. \u201cThose are things that the Israelis are going to need as they look at their adversaries\u201d in Yemen, Lebanon, and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>But other elements of international cooperation might be at risk, says Greg Francis, founder and CEO of Access Partnership, a consultancy that advises businesses operating in new markets like space.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6993b219fc5;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6993b219fc5 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6993b219fc6').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6993b219fc6'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cautioning that it was early days, Francis pointed out that international cooperation was a two-way proposition. The executive order envisages integrating Iron Dome capabilities with certain allies, in theaters where U.S. forces already deploy ground or sea-based missile interceptors, but allies needed a reason to cooperate, he says. The dramatic policy reversal by President Trump on Ukraine has shocked America\u2019s partners all over the world. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that national security goals don\u2019t change from Earth to space,\u201d Francis says. \u201cIf you\u2019re Justin Trudeau today, he\u2019s still Prime Minister of Canada, how much stock would you be putting into an Iron Dome over the United States that might cover Canada, or might cover parts of Europe?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m [French President Emmanuel] Macron or [German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich] Merz, I am asking myself: Am I going to change my national defense posture to integrate into a U.S.-led space defense system?\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe answers to these questions today are not the same as they were for the last 80 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A more forward leaning approach to offensive capabilities in space could also have costs, Francis says. \u201cIt\u2019s a big frontier out there in the vacuum and as the U.S. weaponizes space, they also need to defend their assets up there, and that\u2019s a tough one, because they\u2019ll be playing defense in three dimensions,\u201d Francis says, comparing it to parking a car in a far away neighborhood.<\/p>\n<h3>Focus on Innovation and Commercial Integration<\/h3>\n<p>In common with other analysts <em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite<\/em> spoke to, Francis predicted that the new administration would seek ways to integrate commercial space capabilities more closely into military networks, and use government procurement mechanisms to foster innovation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new administration will probably make it easier to participate in procurements so that smaller U.S. firms can contribute,\u201d he says. But the \u201czeal\u201d to try to open up the procurement system to innovation might \u201ctrip itself up,\u201d he predicted, especially in space where complex systems had to be acquired and deployed over many years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reflex at the moment is to open doors and let change happen, and that\u2019s not necessarily a good way to drive an orderly development of a long term system that requires planning and careful and deliberate integration and clear purpose from the outset,\u201d he says, adding that the U.S. might end up with \u201ca systemic and contractual hodgepodge and a lot of time in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others were more sanguine. \u201cWe do expect, and have already begun to see, an even greater focus on promoting the space economy and on commercial space integration into government programs\u201d like national security space capabilities, says Chad Anderson, a managing partner at Space Capital, an early stage venture funding outfit.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6993b21a718;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6993b21a718 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6993b21a719').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6993b21a719'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Integration of commercial space capabilities with the military would also be boosted by the establishment of a Space National Guard (currently, Air National Guard units in seven states are assigned to Space Force duties), which Anderson says is \u201cinevitable under the new administration,\u201d and would further expand public-commercial alliances and technology integrations.<\/p>\n<p>Bingen agreed, predicting that existing efforts to incorporate commercial capabilities into the national security space ecosystem would be \u201camplified and accelerated,\u201d much as was already happening in other defense technology areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the emphasis that you\u2019re seeing out of this administration on better leveraging the commercial sector across all these different technology areas to go faster, to deliver more, [for instance] autonomous systems at scale, I think that same thinking and top down pressure will be infused into the national security space ecosystem as well,\u201d Bingen says.<\/p>\n<p>The military could learn from successful and agile commercial providers, she added. \u201cThis is where we need to take a page from Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX playbook with proliferated architectures. How do we do more of that? How do we get new space capabilities? How do we develop and field satellite systems, not on a five or 10 year timescale, but months, like they are able to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anderson predicted that geopolitical tensions \u201cwill continue to fuel an increase in U.S. defense spending, which benefits the Space Force, and will be accelerated under the new administration.\u201d He says the spending would show up in acquisition programs like Resilient Global Positioning Systems (R-GPS) and Alternative Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (AltPNT) as jamming of conventional Global Navigation Satellite Systems continues over conflict zones and China\u2019s BeiDou goes on displacing U.S. GPS among China\u2019s allies and trading partners.<\/p>\n<p>Innovative commercial companies were able to design, build and launch novel satellites \u201cin a fraction of the time, and for a fraction of the cost, it used to take,\u201d added Anderson. Using these technologies will allow the Space Force \u201cto launch new capabilities or replace damaged\/compromised assets in record time.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>A Page from the SpaceX Playbook<\/h3>\n<p>Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink satellite-based internet service had shown the enormous capabilities of proliferated low-earth orbit (LEO) constellations, Anderson says. In 2022, SpaceX set up a subsidiary of the company called Starshield, specifically to do business with the U.S. military and run the special military satellite network of the same name that SpaceX is launching under a classified contract with the National Reconnaissance Office.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson believes the Space Force will increasingly rely on SpaceX for national security missions with Starshield and the Starship rocket in development. This is initially in satcom and Earth Observation (EO), but could expand to space domain awareness, in-space transportation, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Given Musk\u2019s role as one of president Trump\u2019s closest advisors and the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, which is charged with making radical cuts in U.S. government spending, both Bingen and Francis agreed that the government\u2019s relationship with the SpaceX company he owns raised the issue of conflicts of interest in his decision making.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6993b21ac42;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6993b21ac42 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6993b21ac43').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6993b21ac43'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a good question,\u201d says Francis, \u201cand we have to keep asking it until it\u2019s no longer a question. But there\u2019s no evidence of it right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Francis pointed out that Musk \u201cseemed to be willing to lose market share to support the new administration\u2019s policies,\u201d citing the potential impact on Tesla sales of the abolition of the EV tax credit Republicans have proposed. But at the same time, he added, \u201cThe administration is sacking inspectors general,\u201d and \u201cwithout any lanes in the road, people will start to drive dangerously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bingen says the issue \u201cshould be closely watched to avoid those conflicts of interest in any sort of specific decisions that involve SpaceX.\u201d But she added that shouldn\u2019t stop the U.S. government from using Musk\u2019s technologies as a blueprint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssuming this administration makes a big push for better adopting commercial technologies, moving faster, building satellites at scale. I don\u2019t see that philosophy or approach per se being a conflict of interest, even though it\u2019s SpaceX that has figured out how to do that best,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>It is necessary to \u201cisolate specific decisions regarding his companies from that basic business approach, because we do stand to benefit from that business approach,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Bingen adds that though there had been no significant national security space appointments yet, another individual worth watching was the nominee for Air Force Secretary Troy Mienk, currently principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office, the highly classified U.S. intelligence agency that makes the nation\u2019s spy satellites.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s somebody with a deep technical background, willing to try new approaches,\u201d she says adding, \u201cHe holds his team and his contractors to a high standard in terms of engineering rigor, understanding the state of technology, costs, [and] delivering on commitments. So, I think that mindset and that engineering rigor will be very good for the Air Force writ large.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She says it was notable that someone whose career had been centered on space should be nominated to head the Department of the Air Force, which includes both the Air Force and the Space Force. \u201cI think that\u2019s the first time you\u2019ve had a true space person in that position, and I think that also speaks to the importance that this administration places on space.\u201d <strong class=\"Annotation -strong\">VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 404360:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3IxcPegWQCaJBWPhoHce_VS_04_050125_DGTL6-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive 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