SSA  and  GPS:  Dual-­‐Use  Perspec4ves  

Space  Situa4onal  Awareness  2015  May  13,  2015  Bal4more,  MD  

 Dr.  ScoE  Pace  

space1@gwu.edu  

Space Policy Institute  

Elliott School of International Affairs  

George Washington University      

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Latest and Fifth Space Mission Area: Space Situational Awareness (SSA)

Courtesy  N.L.  Johnson,  July  2010  

Courtesy  N.L.  Johnson,  July  2010  

GPS Jamming •  Wide variety of GPS jammers available for purchase

–  Range from civilian to military use •  Non-state interest in GPS jammers increased following

their use by Iraq –personal privacy to terrorism •  Risks to civil infrastructure from intentional and

unintentional use –  Need to control the radiofrequency noise floor in peacetime to

maintain options during conflict

Summary  •  GPS  and  SSA  as  global  u4li4es  

– Deep  links  as  informa4on  services,  precision  4me  •  Public-­‐private  coopera4on  

–  Interface  control  documents,  standards  –  Rising  private  sector  interest  and  innova4on  

•  Balancing  na4onal  security  limits  –  Data  sharing,  ability  to  deny  informa4on  in  war4me  –  Norms  of  interna4onal  behavior,  interna4onal  and  

uninten4onal  threats  –  Integrity  monitoringTechnical,  poli4cal,  and  

economic  dependencies  –  Overlaps  in  COPUOS,  ITU