By George Allison, Published by UK Defence Journal, 8 December 2023 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has launched an ambitious initiative to advance its Hypersonic Strike Capability, as detailed in a recent contract notice on the GOV.UK ‘Find a Tender’ service. Published on December 8, 2023, under the reference 2023/S
Menwith Hill NSA spy base in the UK, each glof ball like radome houses a satellite receiving dish pointing at a different satellite. By Dave Webb, 9 December 2023 Every Tuesday at 6pm, rain or shine, a small group of protestors stand outside a U.S. base in North Yorkshire with
The former airfield in Llanbedr (Snowdonia Aerospace) By Dylan Davies, Published by Cambrian News, 4 December 2023 Snowdonia Space Centre has secured £820,000 funding from the UK Space Agency to support the development of a new Space Technology Centre at the former Llanbedr Airfield. The centre will develop the Space
By George Allison, Published by UK Defence Journal, 2 December 2023 A new landmark radar initiative will increase UK security by being able to better detect, track and identify objects in deep space, say the Government. The Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) programme – unveiled by the respective Defence
Image Crown Copyright 2023 By George Allison, Published by UK Defence Journal, 27 November 2023 UK Space Command and the UK Space Agency have recently announced a new contract with Spaceflux, a British space technology company, to construct a novel ground-based space camera-telescope system in Cyprus. This development was disclosed
Northumbria University's Wynne Jones building will be remodelled into the centre By Samantha Jagger & Pamela Tickell, Published by the BBC, 23 November 2023 A university has secured £50m to build a "world-leading" space skills centre. The UK Space Agency gave Newcastle's Northumbria University £10m to create a hub for
The UK plans regular military space launch missions from its Scotland facility, featured here in a Lockheed Martin promotional video. (Lockheed Martin) By Andrew Chuter, Published by Defense News, 22 November 2023 London - The U.K.’s Space Command is in line to boost to it’s space domain awareness capabilities following
Northrop Grumman Withdraws from UK's Military Satellite Project Tender By Salman Khan, Published by bnn, 18 November 2023 In an unexpected development, major American aerospace and defense technology company, Northrop Grumman, has opted to withdraw from a critical tender for a narrowband military satellite project in the United Kingdom. The
