National Security Space Association

[4][5] The NSSA, though legally a civilian non-profit, hosts and organizes in association with the United States Military events to discuss top secret sensitive compartmented information with groups such as the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) based out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, at locations such as secure Lockheed Martin facilities in Herndon, Virginia.

"[7] The NSSA specifically cited that present rules around classification prevented military and intelligence agencies from reliably sharing information about threats to Earth from space or to defend satellites.

"[8][9] At the 2021 Government & Defense Conference held annually by investment firm Baird, KBR's Byron Bright, along with Joe Dodd of LinQuest, Kay Sears of Lockheed Martin, HawkEye 360 CEO John Serafini and Loverro Consulting's Douglas Loverro provided updates on the state of the space industry at a panel discussion about the National Security Space Association.

[13][14] The Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation, a public benefit scientific and educational charity focused on Global Positioning System (GPS) related issues, highlighted and called attention to NSSA research in July 2024 about rapidly evolving geopolitical threats from American adversaries targeting critical GPS infrastructure, in the form of "navigation warfare asymmetry.

[17] The United States National Space Intelligence Center held a classified briefing in December 2024 hosted by the NSSA at Lockheed Martin in Virginia, related to orbital counterspace engagements for high-value US government satellite systems.

United States Space Force and Space Systems Command details of their joint reverse engineering event with the National Security Space Association in 2023.
U.S. Space Command deputy commander Lt. Gen. John Shaw recently delivered a keynote address at the National Security Space Association's 2023 Defense and Industry Space Conference on Jan. 24, 2023.