SWF hosts workshop on NORAD lessons for international space data sharing

Today, Secure World Foundation, in cooperation with The George Washington University's Space Policy Institute, hosted a workshop that looked at lessons from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) applicable to international space data sharing. Attending the workshop were Victoria Samson, SWF Washington Office Director and Brian Weeden, SWF Technical Advisor.

The meeting discussed a draft academic report sponsored by SWF that examines the motivation for and formation and operation of NORAD as one example of an international space data sharing entity through historical document and a series of interviews with current and former NORAD personnel. From this research, the report focuses on lessons from the NORAD experience that are applicable to future space data sharing initiatives, such as international space situational awareness.

Feedback from the participants will be incorporated into the report when it is published, as well as into further areas for follow-on research, with the goal of helping inform the space community on possible solutions and methods for future international cooperation on SSA.