“Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the importance of a persistent space surveillance capability,” said the United Kingdom, as European nations (and Canada) band together.
By Theresa HitchensModernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
Closing supply chain gaps in innovating technology will reposition the industrial base to be a strategic source of value.
“There is no European defense without cyber defense,” said Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
By Tim Martin
“We have an issue, as everyone here knows, with China where they’re just simply not sharing information. And we cannot safely operate in space if a major space participant isn’t actively engaged and sharing information in a way that enhances safety for all,” said Commerce’s Richard DalBello.
By Theresa Hitchens
The project, which could cost up to €27.3 million, is coordinated through the European Defence Fund and involves an industrial consortium of 14 partners.
By Christina Mackenzie
Russia’s advance was slowed by strong resistance by Ukraine, but US fears that could cause Russia to be more aggressive in its quest for Kyiv.
By Valerie Insinna
The new NATO policy doesn’t quite cover all the cracks in allied views of military action in space, noting that the 30 member states “should develop a common understanding of concepts such as the role of space in crisis or conflict.”
By Theresa Hitchens
Maj. Donatas Palavenis of Lithuania lays out an analysis for what makes an EDF pitch successful.
By Maj. Donatas Palavenis
A new approach to speed, scale and efficiency for the industrial base
Radars, EW, EO/IR, space imagery, and microelectronics are brought under one roof for a streamlined approach to common people and factories.
“China is not mentioned with one single word in the current Strategic Concept,” said NATO SecGen Jens Stoltenberg. “In one [way] or the other, I’m absolutely certain China will be reflected, and the challenges that China poses will be reflected” in the planned 2022 update.
By Theresa Hitchens
How to deal with the Chinese threat will probably be one of the most difficult questions for the European Union to address as it executes its first-ever strategic review, to be published in 2022 and called ‘’Strategic Compass.’
By Murielle Delaporte
The Baltic country is looking to open talks with the US about putting American boots on the ground in Latvia, a move that would surely make Moscow unhappy.
By Paul McLeary
As the EU releases plans for new ships, drones, and missile defense systems, Washington and NATO worry the organization’s new weapons may not work seamlessly with the alliance’s.
By Paul McLeary
The one thing Boris Johnson and his DUDE — Deliver, Unite, Defeat, Energize — partisans have in common with their opponents is that they all want to see a quick end to a process that has paralyzed the debate about Europe’s future and created a climate of instability which only NATO’s foes can find suitable.
By Murielle Delaporte
Scott Pace, executive director of the National Space Council, warned the EU about its plan for promoting homegrown industry — ironically, while speaking at an Atlantic Council event on the need for improved transatlantic relations in space.
By Theresa Hitchens
President Biden has made clear in his first 100 days that he will pursue a values-based foreign policy that prioritizes democracy and human rights. This is welcome and past due. But his administration will need to lay out a new approach to US arms sales to make it happen. US arms sales are one of the…
By Andrew Shapiro and Max Bergmann