Todd Harrison

Todd Harrison is a non-resident senior associate with the Aerospace Security Project and Defense Budget Analysis program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Mr. Harrison is currently the managing director of Metrea Strategic Insights, where he leads the company’s efforts to conduct innovative, insightful, and pathfinding research. Prior to joining Metrea in May 2022, Mr. Harrison was a senior fellow and the director of the CSIS Defense Budget Analysis program and Aerospace Security Project, where he led the Center’s efforts to provide in-depth, nonpartisan research and analysis of defense funding, space security, and air power issues. Mr. Harrison joined CSIS from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), where he was a senior fellow for defense budget studies. At both CSIS and CSBA, Mr. Harrison authored numerous publications on trends in the defense budget, military space systems, threats to space systems, civil space exploration, defense acquisitions, military compensation and readiness, and military force structure, among other topics. Mr. Harrison previously worked at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he consulted for the U.S. Air Force on satellite communications systems and supported a variety of other clients evaluating the performance of acquisition programs. Prior to Booz Allen, he worked for AeroAstro Inc., a small start-up developing advanced space technologies, and as a management consultant at Diamond Cluster International. Mr. Harrison previously served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force Reserves and is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with both a BS and an MS in aeronautics and astronautics. He is currently a non-resident senior associate at CSIS, a member of the National Security Space Association Board of Advisors, and an adjunct faculty member at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
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Reaching out: How the US intends to extend the operational range of its future fleet
Todd Harrison in Shephard Media — August 12, 2022
What Clinton’s Foreign Affairs Article May Mean for the Defense Budget
Todd Harrison in Defense One — October 27, 2020
Why we must raise defense spending
Seamus P. Daniels and Todd Harrison in Washington Post — December 12, 2017
CBO’s Nuclear Weapons Cost Estimate Is Way Too High; Hint--Bombers
Todd Harrison in Breaking Defense — December 12, 2017
To Better Serve Personnel and Readiness, the Pentagon Should Shutter its Personnel and Readiness Shop
Todd Harrison in War on the Rocks — December 12, 2017
Overnight Defense: Trump budget gets thumbs down from hawks | UK raises threat level after Manchester attack | Paul to force vote on $110B Saudi arms deal
Todd Harrison in The Hill — May 24, 2017
Trump's military budget is seen as a modest step beyond Obama's
Todd Harrison in Fox Business — May 24, 2017
Air Force official: Next-gen GPS program 'not out of the woods'
Todd Harrison in Defense News — May 24, 2017
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Tracking Developments in Counterspace Weapons
Event by Todd Harrison , Kaitlyn Johnson , Makena Young , Dr. Brian Weeden , Victoria Samson , Michael Mineiro , Eric Desautels , and John Hill — April 20, 2022
Space Threat Assessment 2022
Report by Todd Harrison , Kaitlyn Johnson , Makena Young , Nicholas Wood , and Alyssa Goessler — April 4, 2022
Measuring Congressional Impact on Defense Acquisition Funding
Report by Seamus P. Daniels and Todd Harrison — March 14, 2022
Battle Networks and the Future Force
Brief by Todd Harrison and Christopher Reid — March 4, 2022
Experts Preview the FY 2023 Defense Budget Request
Event by Todd Harrison , Seamus P. Daniels , Mackenzie Eaglen , Dr. Stacie Pettyjohn , Dr. Travis Sharp , and Thomas Spoehr — February 7, 2022
Commercial Space Remote Sensing and Its Role in National Security
Brief by Todd Harrison and Matthew Strohmeyer — February 2, 2022
Dancing Lights in Space: How to Manage The Risks of Satellite Close Approaches in Geostationary Orbit
Event by and Todd Harrison , Makena Young , Kaitlyn Johnson , Audrey Schaffer , Brien Flewelling , Dan Oltrogge , Marc Becker , Doug Loverro , Brian Weeden , Alessandro Cacioni , Almudena Azcárate Ortega — January 26, 2022
Discussing Two Years of the Space Force with General Raymond
Event by Todd Harrison , John J. Hamre , and General John W. "Jay" Raymond — January 19, 2022
Analysis of the FY 2022 Defense Budget
Report by Todd Harrison and Seamus P. Daniels — December 13, 2021
Understanding the Intersection between Commercial Space and National Security ISR Needs
Event by Todd Harrison , Sue Gordon , Kevin O'Connell , and Derek Tournear — November 16, 2021