Today, the Commission enters the second phase of the procurement procedure for a concession contract to design, develop and operate the IRIS² the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite.

Ensuring access to critical space technologies is key to our economy, society and security. This is why bolstering space research activities in support of EU’s strategic autonomy is a key priority for the European Commission.

Last week, the TALOS consortium held a Demonstration Day, showing the results achieved by the European project, funded under the PADR.

The European Commission is supporting the launch of a survey for a study on the access to equity financing for European SMEs and midcaps in the defence sector.

The Regulation is a direct response to Council’s call to urgently deliver ammunition, and if requested missiles, to Ukraine and to help Member States refill their stocks.

CASSINI Business Accelerator has selected 20 space startups and scaleups for the first batch, following a highly competitive selection with 140+ applicants

A large-scale Skills Partnership for the space sector dedicated to data, services and applications has been launched with the support of the Commission.

Defence experts and company representatives from across the EU attended the European conference dedicated to Defence Innovation

The Commission adopted today the third annual work programme under the European Defence Fund (EDF), allocating an additional €1.2 billion to support collaborative research and development projects and innovation for European defence.