The Space Enterprise and Integrated Deterrence
In this paper, the authors examine in what ways space capabilities and vulnerabilities shape deterrence outcomes, specifically those laid out by the concept of integrated deterrence.
Jonathan Tran is a senior technical analyst at RAND, where he supports national security decision making on space, emerging technologies, and future military operations. His work focuses on space policy and strategy, including commercial and nontraditional integration, space domain awareness, deterrence and escalation dynamics, and the operational foundations of space warfighting and support to the Joint force. He brings specialized expertise in command and control, military intelligence, and systems engineering and integration, with an emphasis on translating architectural concepts into operational capability and informing acquisition pathways. His most recent assignment is as an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) detailee to the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command, Space Systems Integration Office, where he supports nontraditional integration initiatives to strengthen space operations. He holds an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Education
M.S. in aerospace engineering, University of California Los Angeles; B.S. in physics, California Polytechnic State University Pomona
Selected Work
- Jonathan Tran, Nontraditional Space Domain Awareness Sensor Data Integration for Space Control, RAND Corporation (PE-A3721-1), 2025
- Brian Dolan, George Nacouzi, Brien Alkire, Jeff Hagen, Jonathan Tran, Jacob DeWeese, Baileigh McFall, Joshua Fields, Gary J. Briggs, Christopher Lynch, Natalia Henriquez Sanchez, Robert Huang, Impact of Space Degradation on U.S. Air Force Kill Chains, RAND Corporation (RR-A3148-1), 2025
- Tran, Jonathan, Prateek Puri, Jordan Logue, Anthony Jacques, Li Ang Zhang, Krista Langeland, George Nacouzi, and Gary J. Briggs, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Space Domain Awareness: The Development of Two Artificial Intelligence Case Studies, RAND Corporation (RR-A2318-2), 2024
- Nacouzi, George, Osonde A. Osoba, Jonathan Tran, and Sascha T. Ishikawa, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications for Defensive Counterspace: A Decision Support Tool Capability Demonstration, RAND Corporation (RR-A582-1), 2024
- Osoba, Osonde A., George Nacouzi, Jeff Hagen, Jonathan Tran, Li Ang Zhang, Marissa Herron, Christopher Lynch, Mel Eisman, and Charles Barton, The Resilience Assessment Framework: Assessing Commercial Contributions to U.S. Space Force Mission Resilience, RAND Corporation (RR-A980-1), 2023
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