Key findings indicate that while nation-states and their primary contractors continue to invest heavily in advanced hardware and launch capabilities, the critical fronts are increasingly in the digital and cognitive realms. The methods used by domestic agencies to leverage information for surveillance underscore the urgent need for the ethical framework central to the S/MILE program.

The global landscape this week is characterized by an accelerating push for technological dominance and a deeper integration of commercial capabilities, all of which are being rapidly facilitated by a new wave of acquisition reforms.