Ministry of Defence launches ‘Project Borealis’

The Ministry of Defence, in a joint endeavour with the United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA), has launched 'Project Borealis'.

UK joins global effort for space domain awareness

The JCO Programme serves to provide unclassified indications of orbital activity, gathered through public research, commercial SDA sensors, and analytical tools.

BAE secures $7m DARPA contract for space tech

BAE Systems' FAST Labs research and development organisation has secured a $7 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Lockheed working with UK on space-based solar power

Lockheed Martin has announced a £150,000 investment in a project alongside Northumbria University.

The next ship to be named after Glasgow

The starship USS Glasgow makes its (sort of) stellar debut on the Emmy Award-winning series, Star Trek: Picard.

Babcock to operate British military Skynet satellites

Babcock has been awarded the contract to manage and operate Skynet, a British satellite communications system dedicated to military use.

British space launch capability ‘strategically significant’

Space launch proceedings are set to start between 21:45 and 22:45 tonight.

British assault ship returns home

HMS Albion has returned to Devonport after completing a deployment to the Mediterranean as part of Operation Achillean.

First UK satellite launch to take place in summer

The first satellite launch from the UK (and the first-ever launch of a commercial rocket from Western Europe) will take place this summer from Cornwall, Defence Procurement Minister Jeremy Quin has announced today.

Britain spending £1.4 billion on space defence

The bulk of the money will go to developing and launching a multi-satellite system, known as 'ISTARI', designed to perform global surveillance and intelligence gathering for British military operations.

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