Panel 2: Avoid Operational Surprise

The Mitchell Institute hosted its Third Annual Spacepower Security Forum on March 27, 2024—Washington DC’s premiere gathering of spacepower leaders. The insightful discussions shed light on the key trends in national security space and what they portend for the defense community as a whole. The second panel comprised Lt Gen Douglas A. Schiess, Commander, U. S. Space Forces-Space and Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander; Maj Gen Gregory Gagnon, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Intelligence, United States Space Force; Brig Gen James Smith, Assistant Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear; Scott Forney, President, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems; and Kevin Giammo, Director of Space Surveillance and Environmental Monitoring, Northrop Grumman. Moderated by Lt Gen David A. Deptula, USAF (Ret.), Dean, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.