On August 22, 2025, MDAA launched its second significant University partnership and formally inaugurated the Advanced Reconnaissance and Tracking for Environmental Monitoring and Indo-Pacific Security (ARTEMIS) Executive Cohort in partnership with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, marking a historic step forward in advancing Space Security and Missile Defense in the Pacific. This bold collaboration between MDAA and UH brings together world-class academic excellence to confront the tyranny of distance and vastness in the Pacific, with ARTEMIS innovation, engineering, and leadership centered in Hawaiʻi. This intensive 8-month executive program is grounded in a rigorous, application-based curriculum of 12 UH academic fields of expertise, purpose-built to strengthen security with a focused lens on the Indo-Pacific region. Together, we have built a premier academic crucible of innovation and critical thinking, where engineering and technology converge to innovate rapidly and shape the future of deterrence in space and terrestrial domains across the Pacific. 

Our inaugural cohort is composed of senior leaders and high-ranking officers an elite class bringing real-world experience into every session. This program builds on the proven legacy of our USC SHIELD program, whose graduate capstones have influenced national policy, informed published research, and implemented courses of action. With this first ARTEMIS class, we set our sights higher, fully confident in their capacity to deliver bold, executable capstones and lead in navigating the domains where conflict and competition are increasingly defined, not just on sea, air, or land, but in space, where the tyranny of distance and domain must be mastered to secure peace and stability.  

Taking Flight!