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Airbus Defence and Space launches Germany sovereign ISR consortium with Rohde & Schwarz, constellr, Orbint and HPS

Airbus Defence and Space signed an MoU with Rohde & Schwarz, constellr, Orbint and High Performance Space Structure Systems (HPS) to collaborate on a sovereign satellite-based Earth-observation and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) solution. The team is described as uniting RF, EO/IR, SAR and thermal IR for autonomous capability development.

Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

Airbus to Lead German Consortium for Sovereign ISR Capability

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Airbus Defence and Space sovereign space intelligence consortium with Rohde & Schwarz, constellr, Orbint and HPS

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UK startup Applied Atomics to enter US market with focus on military space mobility

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NASA is building a new space telescope to search for life on nearby planets. What would it see on ancient Earth?

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Airbus Defence and Space launches Germany sovereign ISR consortium with Rohde & Schwarz, constellr, Orbint and HPS

Airbus to Lead German Consortium for Sovereign ISR Capability

Airbus Defence and Space sovereign space intelligence consortium with Rohde & Schwarz, constellr, Orbint and HPS

Sky Perfect JSAT to Purchase Avanti’s HYLAS 3 Satellite

SpaceX’s I.P.O. Could Turn 4,400 Employees Into Millionaires

SpaceX IPO Is Said to Be More Than Four Times Oversubscribed

Musk Stock Fans Say ‘The More, The Better’ in SpaceX IPO Frenzy

Space Force Eyes Nearly $1.5B for Space Data Network Backbone in Future Reconciliation Bill

LeoLabs deploys mobile space-tracking radar in Indo-Pacific

UK startup Applied Atomics to enter US market with focus on military space mobility

NASA is building a new space telescope to search for life on nearby planets. What would it see on ancient Earth?

Watch India Puts Starlink Launch on Hold

A Sovereign space intelligence team: Airbus, Rohde & Schwarz, constellr, Orbint, HPS

Sky Perfect JSAT to Purchase Avanti’s HYLAS 3 Satellite

SpaceX’s I.P.O. Could Turn 4,400 Employees Into Millionaires

UK startup Applied Atomics to enter US market with focus on military space mobility

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