By Jasper Jolly, Published by The Guardian, 16 October 2026 Guillaume Faury writes to Andy Burnham warning him against choosing US firm Lockheed Martin to build Skynet satellites The boss of Airbus has told Andy Burnham that choosing its US rival Lockheed Martin to manufacture military satellites could cost the
Illustration of a space situational awareness system. Credit: ESA By Andrew Parsonson, Published by Space News, 1 October 2026 JOHANNESBURG — European governments are preparing to invest up to 24 billion euros ($27 billion) in SPACE, a joint military space project spanning satellite communications, surveillance and missile warning. The initiative
By Daniel Molland, Published by Space News, 25 September 2026 The UK Space Strategy 2026 makes control of space its leading defense priority, then names none of the technology needed to deliver it. With the announcement of the new UK Space Strategy 2026, Britain has formally recognized that space is
It comes as the UK unveils a new unit dedicated to defending the UK's satellites in space - named the Space Effects Squadron By Jonathan Beale and Vicky Wong, Published by The BBC, 23 September 2026 The British military has been jamming or blocking satellites from other countries in order
A Skynet satellite. Photo: Airbus Defence and Space Published by RAF News, 18 September 2026 UK Space Command and US Space Command have conducted the first UK-US joint military operation in space, moving two satellites close together, at an altitude of nearly 36,000 kilometres above the Earth. From 4-12 September
Image: DKosig/Getty Images By Rudy Ruitenberg, Published by Defense News, 17 September 2026 PARIS — Space has become a war-fighting domain, an assessment that calls for doctrinal changes and the ability to intervene there more quickly, space-force leaders from several NATO countries said at the Space Defense and Security Summit
Satellite antennas used in the Counter Communications System 10.2 electronic jammer developed by L3Harris under contract to the U.S. Space Force. Credit: L3Harris By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 15 September 2026 U.S. Space Force’s top officer has shared new details about his service’s use of electronic warfare capabilities during
UK Space Command at RAF High Wycombe. (Image credit: SAC Britney Leather/Crown Copyright) By Kai Greet, Published by The Aviationist, 6 September 2026 From Sep. 1, the Royal Air Force’s headquarters is now to be known as Air & Space Command, reflecting the still increasing importance of the space domain
