NATO reaches out to the commercial space sector

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In particular, NATO recognized the space as one of five “operational” domains next to air, land, sea and cyberspace In 2019. Two years later, there was a conclusion that offensive, with or in space, could pose a threat to the alliance and cause infamous Art. 5, prescribing an attack on one member as an attack on all. Entering a small print, it is expected that the military coalition will publish its new space doctrine 2026.

Regardless of whether allies – especially reluctant Spain – can or actually achieve a 5%goal, is in the air. Looking at the numbers of NATOOnly Poland was anywhere to allocate this piece of GDP for defense purposes last year, at the level of 4.12%, while Washington itself devoted only 3.38% of its economic production to this purpose. There is a basis for covering throughout the area. In Europe, writing lasted several months on the wall, after the 27-person block of the European Union proposed to mobilize EUR 800 billion ($ 936 billion) for defense expenditure in March, while Germany softened the rules of fiscal debt to facilitate more safety purchases. Great Britain started a year with a commitment to increase defense expenditure to 2.5% by April 2027, and since then Prime Minister Keir Starmer ran to the obligation The 5% goal will be achieved by 2035.

Communication, navigation and supervision are obvious applications of cosmic capabilities in defense, and this is before you think about taking the war to the stars. The ambitious defense shield of Trump's golden dome – which his administration issues for $ 75 billion, but some observers say they will cost many times – he already has such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and even European players are fighting for a piece of budget campaign. Recently, the Supplier of Satellite Planets Labs has concluded a seven -digit contract to provide only monitoring and intelligence possibilities.

And this is a state of fun among defensive cosmic enterprises from returning to the controversial topic, or Starlink Elon Musk can be successfully dethroned from Ukraine, where it facilitates access to internet data and communication for residential and military purposes. The Russian bombing devastated local mobile networks during a three-year invasion, thanks to which the Satellite Satellite Communication Services are necessary-but previously close to Musk's relations with unstable Trump, whose support for Kiev was smooth, raised concerns in Europe for long-term reliability of Starlink. It should be noted whether the visual public showdown of the president and billionaires will submit these fears among European leaders who are largely to support Kiev in the long run.

Recently, we heard that Europe was still chasing an alternative satellite master to remove the overwhelming rely on Starlink, Ukraine. The French Eutelsat, which already supports the government and institutional commands in the western country of Eastern Europe, uses this undertaking. Since its merger with the British OneWeb in 2023, the French company has been commanding over 650 OneWeb satellites in the low earth orbit (Leo), along with over 30 geostation satellites.

Last week, the company gained a good vote of trust when it announced a capital increase of EUR 1.35 billion run by the French government-which will become the largest shareholder of the company from 29.99% shares-other investors in order to increase their possibilities of Leo. As a result, the shares increased 31%, based on profits registered after preliminary speculations that it could enter Starlink shoes in Ukraine. This is a nice tumor from the late soldering on days after the shorter lower level of the half -year profit report shaped by more soft transmission sales and the company's costs.

And this kind of private players are officially not just a bangs for NATO. This week, the alliance has published its first in history Commercial space strategyEmphasizing three goals – the use of commercial solutions, providing constant access during peace, crisis or conflict and strengthening coherent relations with the commercial sector. Ultimately, the final game is “helping commercial partners in a better understanding of NATO needs, investing and meeting the necessary security measures, including in the field of cyber security and expanding production capabilities” – many steps in the fact that NATO allows for their own space arsenal, but is still a potential benefit for private companies dealing with individual member rule.

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