This report analyses the connection between European security and defence policy, as well as the increasing engagement of the European space sector in security and defence activities and a parallel shift of interest by defence companies towards the space sector. It also analyses both the increasing demand for security and defence capabilities by space companies as well as an increasing appetite of the defence industry to venture into the space sector through new own programmes, acquisitions, and investment.  

The report highlights the increasing synergies between space and security and defence at all levels and the key question on commercial integration of space for defence. It promotes the increased role of and the need to address security and defence across all domains, including the space domain, at this upcoming and future MSC editions.

Read the full report on the website of the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI).