NATO continues his hand to the commercial space sector

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In particular, NATO recognized the space of one of five “operative” domains near the air, land, sea and cyberspace Back in 2019. Two years later, he concluded that the offensive funds from the space or within the cosmos could threaten the alliance and cause a shameful article 5, assigning an attack on one member as an attack on all. It is expected that the military coalition, which is part of the small font, will publish its new space doctrine in 2026.

Are allies – especially reluctant Spain – can either actually meet 5% of the target, is in the air. Looking at NATO’s numbersOnly Poland came where it came close to the distribution of this cut GDP for defense purposes last year, by 4.12%, while Washington itself devoted only 3.38% of its economic production. By all accounts, there is an Earth to cover. In Europe, writing was several months on the wall after the 27-member block of the European Union offered to mobilize 800 billion euros ($ 936 billion) for defense costs in March, while Germany softened its financial debt to facilitate more purchases. The UK has started a year with a promise of a hike for defense expenses up to 2.5% by April 2027, and since then Prime Minister Keir St. rushed to the promise By 2035, 5% of the goal will be reached.

Communication, navigation and observation are a clear use for space opportunities, and this is before you think about taking the war to the stars. Trump’s “Golden Kupala” ambitious shield – which its administration is $ 75 billion, but some observers say they will cost many times – there are already sympathies of Boeing, Lockheed Martin and even European players fighting for a piece of budget action. Most recently, the Planet Labs satellite images have signed a seven -digit contract to provide NATO monitoring and exploration opportunities.

And this is a state of game among space enterprises that support the protection before reviewing the controversial topic of whether Ukraine can successfully abandon Elon Musk, where she contributed to access to the Internet and communication for both residential and military purposes. Russian bombing devastated local mobile networks for his three-year invasion, making a third-party satellite communication services, before Musk’s close connection with a changing Trump, whose support was flowing, caused concern about the long-term reliability of the chairman. It remains to find out whether the vice -vicious disassembly of the president and the billionaire in the billionaire among European leaders who largely support Kyiv over the long departure.

The last time we heard that Europe still pursued an alternative satellite champion to release the prevailing dependence on Starlink in Ukraine. The French Eutelsat, which already supports government and institutional communications in the fighting countries of Eastern Europe, benefits the enterprise. Since the merger from Britain OneWeb in 2023, the French company commanded more than 650 Oneweb satellites in low Earth (Leo), as well as more than 30 geostationary satellites.

Last week, the company received a pleasant voice of trust when it announced an increase in capital of 1.35 billion euros, led by the French government, which will become the largest shareholder of the company with 29.99% of shares, and other investors, seeking to increase their capabilities. As a result, the rally rallied on 31%, based on the income reported after the initial assumptions that it could enter the Starlink shoes in Ukraine. This is a pleasant blow from lowering the dead who suffered in the days after the weaker than expected, six months of the income report, which is determined by the softer broadcast sales and hard cost.

And similar private players are officially not only given NATO. Only this week the Alliance released its first in history Commercial Space StrategyEmphasizing the three goals – the use of commercial solutions, ensuring constant access during peace, crisis or conflicts and strengthening agreed relations with the commercial sector. The final game end up being “helping commercial partners to understand NATO needs better, invest and comply with the necessary security measures, including cybersecurity, and expand production capabilities” -in many steps that do not meet NATO, which acquire their own space arsenal, but still potential benefits for private companies.

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