NATO has adopted the ESSOR High Data Rate Waveform (HDRWF) developed by the consortium as the STANAG 5651 interoperability standard for tactical communications with radio platforms.
UK Space Command and the UK Space Agency have announced the award of a contract to Spaceflux to build a new ground-based space camera-telescope system in Cyprus.
The Luxembourg Directorate of Defence announced on 15 November 2023 the launch of a Competence Hub in Research in Cybersecurity and Cyber Defence (CyberHub).
Airbus and SATLANTIS, a leading Spanish space company specialising in optical instruments, have signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop infrared capability for the Spanish MoD.
The Council of the European Union approved conclusions on the first EU Space Strategy for Security and Defence.
ICEYE has successfully expanded its constellation with four new synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites.
Ymir-1, a satellite equipped with technology from Saab, was launched into space on 11 November onboard SpaceX Falcon 9.
SWISSto12 is developing Active Electronically Steerable Antennas (AESAs) for airborne, land and maritime platforms in collaboration with world-leading critical electronics company, Thales.
On November 2, the launch site operator Andøya Spaceport celebrated the opening of the first operational spaceport in continental Europe, which will become the first launch site of the European launch service company Isar Aerospace.
SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, has been awarded a five-year, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) satellite-based services (SBS).
TESAT’s Optical Communication Terminals successfully passed interoperability testing for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites.
Airbus and Northrop Grumman say the partnership is vitally important as military forces increasingly use space-based assets to fulfil their missions and require specialised technology to transmit information via space.
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