American Commercial Space Weather Association (ACSWA) initiatives to improve space weather

The American Commercial Space Weather Association (ACSWA) is comprised of more than 20 companies dedicated to the development and improvement of space weather understanding and hazard mitigation for technology. This presentation covers the main elements of work by companies in ACSWA and outlines some major initiatives to improve space weather understanding and hazard mitigation. Examples will be shown from different ACSWA company activities. In addition, ACSWA’s path forward for building a national space weather enterprise (agency, academia, and industry) consensus related to national space weather activities will be presented.