In this Insights Article for Elara Nova: The Space Consultancy, the Space Force aims to unify its command and control capability across military space assets. Known as Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2), the program seeks to advance the program of two previous attempts at consolidating command and control capabilities. The subject matter expert inContinue reading “Command and Control in Space”
Category Archives: Writing
The War Below Author Interview
Ernest Scheyder Discusses the Budding Critical Mineral Economy In this Q&A, an in-depth discussion explores the intricate relationship between the emerging critical mineral economy and the costs it weighs on rural and Indigenous communities. This is particularly true in the state of Nevada, where an influx of federal funding and state-level tax incentives are seekingContinue reading “The War Below Author Interview”
Nevada’s Push for a Critical Mineral Economy
In this feature with the Sierra Nevada Ally, the critical mineral economy being developed in Nevada goes beyond just lithium. Other critical minerals, such as copper, cobalt, and nickel, will all play equally integral roles in the renewable energy transition. As such, new mining operations for these wide-range of critical minerals continue to be exploredContinue reading “Nevada’s Push for a Critical Mineral Economy”
Dynamic Space Operations: A Requirement for Joint Operations
Parallax Rising 2.2 Explores On-Orbit Re-Fueling for Future Joint Force Operation In this Insights Article for Elara Nova: The Space Consultancy, the Space Force recently conducted a tabletop exercise – dubbed Parallax Rising 2.2 – to explore the emerging warfighting concept of “Dynamic Space Operations.” This feature explores that while the concept for dynamic operationsContinue reading “Dynamic Space Operations: A Requirement for Joint Operations”
Victus Nox Illustrates the Rise of Tactically Responsive Space
Recent Demonstration Highlights Critical Capability for Delivering Rapid Response to Orbit In this Insights Article for Elara Nova: The Space Consultancy, the Victus Nox demonstration for Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) signifies how the Space Force is looking to develop this critical and emerging capability with its commercial space industry partners. The subject matter expert inContinue reading “Victus Nox Illustrates the Rise of Tactically Responsive Space”
Cybersecurity and Zero-Trust for the Defense Industrial Base
In this month’s article for Elara Nova’s “Partner Insights” blog, the topic for discussion was the Cybersecurity Maturity Model 2.0 (CMMC 2.0) framework rolled out by the Department of Defense (DOD).
Acquisition: How Congress Can Support the Space Force
This blog post for Elara Nova: The Space Consultancy discusses how an alignment of legislative policy and funding from Congress can strategically support the Space Force acquisition process.
Vanadium as a Critical Mineral Catalyst
The Gibellini Vanadium Project, overseen by Nevada Vanadium, may be coming online at a time when a new market is emerging for vanadium: long-duration, grid-scale storage.
Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve Development
In this latest written piece for Elara Nova: The Space Consultancy, I analyzed the emerging Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) program for the United States Space Force.
Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture
In this Insight piece with Elara Nova: The Space Consultancy, founding partner Mike Dickey describes the progression of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
