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ESA secures record €22.1bn at Bremen ministerial, delivering 99% of proposed €22.25bn

ESA member states committed a record €22.07–22.1 billion at the Bremen Ministerial Council, funding that represents roughly 99% of the agency's €22.25 billion proposal and covers the next three years. The package underpins exploration programmes and formalises a broader defence role for the agency.

2025-11-27T03:42:31.985160-08:00

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ArianeGroup completes maiden flight of SyLEx suborbital test rocket for France's DGA

2025-11-28T03:10:08.354146-08:00

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Germany Eyes Rival to EU’s Iris2 as It Pledges Major ESA Funding at Ministerial

2025-11-28T06:53:50.165527-08:00

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ESA ministers order 12‑month delay on approval of global space‑based ISR constellation

2025-11-26T03:17:42.768046-08:00

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Varda Space launches fifth mission, extends AFRL test-flight campaign Varda Space has launched its fifth mission, extending a run of test flights conducted for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The flight advances Varda's AFRL campaign to validate flight hardware and operational procedures while the company builds repeated mission experience.

2025-11-28T14:44:11.165672-08:00

Varda Space launches fifth mission, extends AFRL test-flight campaign

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Germany Eyes Rival to EU’s Iris2 as It Pledges Major ESA Funding at Ministerial At the ESA ministerial in Bremen, Germany signalled plans to back a potential national rival to the European Commission’s Iris2 multi-orbit secure connectivity programme and pledged significant funding to ESA, reflecting Berlin’s impatience with current EU approaches to sovereign communications and defence capabilities.

2025-11-28T06:53:50.165527-08:00

Germany Eyes Rival to EU’s Iris2 as It Pledges Major ESA Funding at Ministerial

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ArianeGroup completes maiden flight of SyLEx suborbital test rocket for France's DGA ArianeGroup conducted the first flight of SyLEx, a sovereign sounding rocket developed for France's DGA since 2021, from the Biscarrosse missile test range. The suborbital vehicle establishes a national test capability for civil applications, including high-speed and supersonic experiments and rapid flight qualification of instruments.

2025-11-28T03:10:08.354146-08:00

ArianeGroup completes maiden flight of SyLEx suborbital test rocket for France's DGA

Reuters

Leonardo unveils 'Michelangelo Dome' — AI-driven multi-layer air-defence to counter drones and hypersonics Leonardo unveiled the 'Michelangelo Dome', a multi‑layer air‑defence system using predictive AI to preposition sensors and interceptors, shorten response times and counter drone swarms and hypersonic threats. Inspired by Israel's Iron Dome, the system is slated to be fully operational by 2028 to protect key sites.

2025-11-27T10:41:33.572794-08:00

Leonardo unveils 'Michelangelo Dome' — AI-driven multi-layer air-defence to counter drones and hypersonics

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ESA secures record €22.1bn at Bremen ministerial, delivering 99% of proposed €22.25bn ESA member states committed a record €22.07–22.1 billion at the Bremen Ministerial Council, funding that represents roughly 99% of the agency's €22.25 billion proposal and covers the next three years. The package underpins exploration programmes and formalises a broader defence role for the agency.

2025-11-27T03:42:31.985160-08:00

ESA secures record €22.1bn at Bremen ministerial, delivering 99% of proposed €22.25bn

deutschland.de

Spain's $376M pledge pushes ESA ISR constellation precursor past funding threshold; programme to start 2026 Spain's $376 million pledge has pushed ESA's planned multi‑sensor ISR constellation precursor past its funding threshold, clearing the way for the programme to begin in 2026 as 23 member states meet in Bremen's CM25 ministerial to finalise space investment priorities.

2025-11-26T23:34:38.971807-08:00

Spain's $376M pledge pushes ESA ISR constellation precursor past funding threshold; programme to start 2026

realcleardefense.com

China’s Military Satellites Bolster Missile and Hypersonic Forces China’s expanding military satellite constellation is directly enhancing the operational reach and lethality of its missile and hypersonic forces by providing space-based sensing, targeting, secure communications and command-and-control support. The closer integration of orbital systems with strike networks is altering timelines and deterrence dynamics.

2025-11-26T20:30:27.775570-08:00

China’s Military Satellites Bolster Missile and Hypersonic Forces

Via Satellite

All.Space's Hydra MAX hits TRL 6 after US Army NGTT multi‑orbit trials All.Space's Hydra MAX multi‑orbit satellite communications terminal has reached Technology Readiness Level 6 after completing U.S. Army Next Generation Tactical Terminal (NGTT) trials, demonstrating on‑the‑move connectivity and resilience across LEO, MEO and GEO networks — moving from prototype toward operational defence use.

2025-11-26T10:54:00.603096-08:00

All.Space's Hydra MAX hits TRL 6 after US Army NGTT multi‑orbit trials

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