Todd Harrison

Todd Harrison is a senior associate of Aerospace Security Project and Defense Budget Analysis at CSIS, he was director of Defense Budget Analysis and director of Aerospace Security Project and senior fellow of International Security Program. As a senior fellow in the International Security Program, he led the Center’s efforts to provide in-depth, nonpartisan research and analysis of defense funding, space security, and air power issues. He has authored 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. He teaches classes on military space systems and the defense budget at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Mr. Harrison joined CSIS from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, where he was a senior fellow for defense budget studies. He 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. developing advanced space technologies and as a management consultant at Diamond Cluster International. Mr. Harrison served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force Reserves. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with both a B.S. and an M.S. in aeronautics and astronautics.
In the News
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
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
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
Army seeks to use $1 billion in ERI funds to upgrade ground vehicles in FY-18
Todd Harrison in Inside Defense — May 24, 2017
Trump’s new defense budget hits retirees, falls short on ‘historic’ promises
Todd Harrison in Task & Purpose — May 24, 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
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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
