NATO’s members and partners see the space domain as increasingly crucial to retain an operational advantage against potential adversaries. Several nations have already published their own space policies and strategies. 

Ahead of Space Operations Summit 2022, Defence iQ compiled an update outlining country-by-country programmes and requirements.

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This report offers insights into the activity of nations such as:

• United Kingdom
• United States
• Chile
• China
• France
• Indonesia
• Luxembourg
• Morocco
• Russia
• South Korea
• Spain
• Thailand
• Vietnam

To learn more about who you can meet at the Space Operations Summit 2022 taking place 16-18 May in London, UK, you can grab a copy of the agenda here.

NATO’s space policy and its codification of outer space as an operational domain has shifted the Alliance’s focus towards the scenario of space militarization, in an attempt to thwart any actions from potential adversaries.

Ahead of the Space Operations Summit, taking place on 16-18 May 2022 in London, UK, Defence iQ performed an in-depth analysis of NATO’s emerging approach to outer space-based threats and what might be driving the seven-decade-strong alliance’s newly agreed space framework, with insights from Dr Jamie Shea, NATO’s former deputy assistant secretary general for emerging security challenges.

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Key benefits of downloading the article:

• Gain in-depth insights into NATO’s space policy and the underlying thinking behind it
• Get a better understanding of the threat environment surrounding the Alliance’s outer space capabilities

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At any given moment, more than 2,000 satellites from 58 countries are orbiting above Earth to facilitate a variety of essential operations, such as telecommunications, navigation services, financial transactions and weather monitoring. It is, therefore, evident that outer space has become critical to the smooth operation of an increasingly technologically dependent world. But as any science fiction aficionado or geopolitical observer would attest, the possibility of aggression in space is exceptionally likely, particularly as space is also pivotal to an array of military operations — such as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); missile warning, geolocation and navigation; target identification, and the tracking of adversarial activities to name a few… To continue reading, please download the article.

The Space Operations Summit will provide a vital platform for military thinkers, capability planners and operators to meet with industry leaders and space SMEs alike as they grapple with the challenges associated with advancing space capabilities.To view who will attend and share their insights during the conference, you can download the agenda of the conference here. 

The proliferation of space-based technologies has prompted NATO and its partners to formalise their approach to operations in and from space. At the NATO leaders meeting in December 2019, the Alliance formally recognized space as an operational domain, whilst the U.S. and France are already developing their own space forces. Ahead of Space Operations Summit, Defence iQ compiled this map outlining advances in space capabilities across and beyond NATO.

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Main benefits of downloading the map:

• Know top acquisition and upgrade priorities from countries that will be present at Space Operations Summit
• Develop business strategies by meeting the right people from countries having active programmes and key requirements at Space Operations Summit
• Gain insights into investment trends from your peers

Download the map to learn more about countries and organizations that will be present at Space Operations Summit such as:

The U.S. – Update on the establishment of the U.S. Space Force with over US$49.6 billion in budget requests

NATO – Update on the impact of naming space as an operational domain

France – Additional EUR700 million in funding announced between now and 2025 in the view to obtain self-defence capabilities in space and reinforce its surveillance resources

Italy – Development of Ital-GovSatCom communications satellite, which will be used by Italy and other nations as part of the pan-European Govsatcom programme

United Kingdom - Investment of over £30 million planned for the UK’s defence space programme and an update on the UK MOD’s Service Delivery Wrap contest to provide a ground station element for the military communications programme Skynet 6

These programmes and policies will be discussed at the Space Operations Summit, where a panel of senior speakers will further the discussion of leveraging space-based capabilities for the joint force. To download the full agenda of the conference, please click here. 

NATO members and partners are increasingly reliant on space-based assets to deliver joint operations.

Ahead of this year’s Space Operations Summit, Defence IQ delved into their key vulnerabilities.

Download this piece to learn more about how potential adversaries could exploit to gain advantage and dominance in the space domain. 

In this exclusive report, three speakers at the Space Operations Summit 2019 shared their insights on the current space threat environment, challenges in maintaining pace with technological development in the space domain and how they are working to address them.

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• Protecting and defending American space assets – Mr. Scott Van Sant, Senior Analyst, SSA Sharing Program, USSTRATCOM J51
• Building an enhanced space situational awareness for the French armed forces – General (Ret) Philippe Steininger, Military Advisor to the President, French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES)
• Space in the strategic calculus of smaller nations –  Dr. Christian F. Anrig, Chief of Doctrine, Swiss Air Force

NATO’s members and partners see the space domain as increasingly crucial to retain an operational advantage against potential adversaries. Several nations have already published their own space policies and strategies ahead of NATO’s releasing its own. Download this report to learn more about some of the countries that will attend this year’s Space Operations Summit:

• Czech Republic 
• France
• Japan
• Norway
• Sweden
• United Kingdom
• United States