Eurospace Position Paper “Implementation of the EU Space Strategy for Security and Defence – recommendations from Eurospace”

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— POSITION PAPER AVAILABLE HERE —

In the past months and weeks, the European Commission, and in particular DG DEFIS, has been stepping up its game in the field of space and defence: this was symbolised by the much-awaited publication last March of the EU Space Strategy for Security and Defence.

While the European space industry, represented by Eurospace, already published its official reaction to the Strategy in a Reaction Paper in May – outlining a major and positive event for the sector, which will be key in making Europe a real (unified) space power -, it is now time, in a context where the Strategy will lead the way to new programmes and activities, to work for its implementation. In this regard, Eurospace has been contributing to these reflections, in our latest paper “Implementation of the EU Space Strategy for Security and Defence – recommendations from Eurospace”, available HERE.

Industry recommendations encompass a number of topics (from cybersecurity, mobility to & in space, to governance) and try to find solutions to the strong incidence the Strategy will have on industry activities as well as on the activities of our European customers – agencies and operators -, not only because of new needs for capabilities or space-based services, but also because of new requirements and constraints.