Inter-Governmental Competition in Space

Meet the Speaker: Benjamin Bahney

Senior Fellow, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Benjamin Bahney is a co-founder and the leader of LLNL’s space program, encompassing all work at Livermore for space science and space security. In this role, Ben oversees a leadership team that executes hardware development for space flight missions, software work for data science applications for space, mission analysis and engineering assessments for new missions, and new sensor development for remote sensing. Ben also sets the direction for Livermore’s internal research and infrastructure investments for space, and develops key external partnerships on behalf of the program. The Space Program supports the Department of Energy, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command, NASA, the U.S. Intelligence Community, and other sponsors.  In addition to his work for the intelligence community, Ben is a Senior Fellow at Livermore’s Center for Global Security Research where he does research on how space, cyber and emerging technologies affect strategic stability, deterrence, and escalation control.  He is currently working on issues surrounding the integration of space and cyber with the traditional military domains, as well as the impact of missile defense and counterforce on strategic deterrence. Prior to joining Livermore National Laboratory in 2010, Ben was an associate at the RAND Corporation where he was an expert on counterterrorism. At RAND, he was an advisor to the Multi-National Force-Iraq, spending parts of 2008 and 2009 in Iraq advising General David Petraeus and his staff on the internal dynamics of the terrorist group that now calls itself the Islamic State.

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Friday, March 18, 2022 10:40 am

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