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ITAR-Free Defence Products Gain European Momentum
Honeywell Aerospace is expanding ITAR-free defence product development for Europe, assigning 1,000 engineers in Poland and the Czech Republic to non-ITAR techno…
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SATCOMBw4 Satellite Project Faces Delay Warning in Germany
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius warned against delays to the €10 billion SATCOMBw4 satellite project, as Berlin moves toward a sovereign military commun…
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DARPA Oversight programme: BAE FAST Labs wins $16m Phase 2 contract
DARPA Oversight programme development is moving toward the tactical edge in space. Under a new Phase 2 award, BAE Systems’ FAST Labs will mature autonomous algo…
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Quantum-Secure Communications and Mega-Constellations in Space
Quantum-secure communications and mega-constellations in space are quietly reshaping the foundations of military command, control and communications (C3). As qu…
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Dual-Use Defence Technologies in Space
Dual-use defence technologies are reshaping how militaries fight and plan. The most visible changes are in commercial low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks a…
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Airbus–Thales–Leonardo space merger
Airbus Thales Leonardo space merger aims to build a single European satellite powerhouse with roughly €6.5 billion in annual revenue, a backlog exceeding three…
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ESA’s Pulse Framework to Revolutionize Mission Operations
The European Space Agency (ESA) has unveiled Pulse, a new framework set to transform how Europe manages its space missions. Developed under ESA’s Operations Dir…
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ESA launches SAGA mission for quantum-secure communications
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a €50 million contract with Thales Alenia Space to start work on the Security And cryptoGrAphic (SAGA) mission. The p…
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SBI constellations reshape missile defence
The U.S. Department of Defense has reopened the debate on space‑based missile defence with a formal request for information (RFI) on Space‑Based Interceptors (S…
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Defence Agenda Evening Brief — 04 October 2025
Compiled (TRT): 04 October 2025, 11:00 (Europe/Istanbul) Executive Summary Signals from the past seven days orbit three themes: (1) autonomy matures—the U.S. Na…
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DE-CIX launches orbital Internet Exchange
DE-CIX, the world’s largest Internet Exchange operator, has launched Space-IX, its plan for the first orbital Internet Exchange. The initiative will connect sat…
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Link 16 phaseout: optics take the load
Link 16 phaseout is no longer a taboo subject. As the Space Development Agency (SDA) fields the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), leaders now f…