Plus: Military space lessons from Ukraine and Iran
By Dan Robitzski
Welcome back to our weekly newsletter highlighting the opinions and perspectives of the SpaceNews community.
|
|
|
|
FROM SPACENEWS |
 |
Let SpaceNews help you close your next deal: With thousands of space professionals gathering in Salt Lake City, let us help you build relationships, uncover opportunities and position your company in front of the decision-makers shaping the industry's growth. Advertise in our exclusive print daily editions, sponsor coverage on SpaceNews.com, partner with us to host an event near the Salt Palace or learn how Stellar Dispatch can amplify your announcements before and during the show. Schedule a meeting or reach out to sales@spacenews.com to start the conversation today. |
|
|
|
|
Stability in space requires global communication, trust and flexibility. And while artificial intelligence can be a useful cost-saving or coordination tool, especially for countries with smaller space budgets, it also poses a significant threat as technology outpaces regulations and militaries ramp up operations in orbit, argued Lt. Col. Mihail Istvanovics Várdai, head of the Hungarian Ministry of Defence, Defence Policy Department, Arms Control Unit.
He offered two main recommendations for making sure AI use doesn't jeopardize space security. One is to keep international frameworks and agreements flexible, so that treaties don't lock nations into certain rules based on an outdated understanding of technology that's being advanced at a rapid pace. And the second is to ensure that responsibility for the actions of autonomous weaponry stays squarely on the shoulders of those building and deploying the technology, so that errors and misuse aren't shrugged off as the AI system's fault.
Read the full SpaceNews commentary here. |
|
|
|
|
Since the 1991 Gulf War, space has played an increasingly important (and now central) role in conflict and warfare. Looking at lessons learned from wars in Iran and Ukraine, Frank A. Rose, president of Chevalier Strategic Advisors and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, penned an opinion article to discuss what the United States military should do now to ensure a strategic advantage in space.
"What have the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East taught us about the role of space in modern warfare? The central lesson is clear," Rose wrote. "Space has become even more consequential to the U.S., its allies and its adversaries. To operate effectively in this increasingly contested environment, the U.S. and its allies must strengthen coordination with the commercial space sector, protect their space systems and the data they provide and develop the means to deny adversaries the effective use of space."
Read the full SpaceNews commentary here.
SpaceNews is committed to publishing our community’s diverse perspectives. Whether you’re an academic, executive, engineer or even just a concerned citizen of the cosmos, send your arguments and viewpoints to opinion (at) spacenews.com to be considered for publication online or in our next magazine. If you have something to submit, read some of our recent opinion articles and our submission guidelines to get a sense of what we’re looking for. The perspectives shared in these opinion articles are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent their employers or professional affiliations. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No comments:
Post a Comment