The head of Europe’s space agency has urged the continent’s governments to deepen integration of their national space capabilities in the areas of security and defence in order to keep up with global rivals.
Josef Aschbacher, director-general of the European Space Agency, said in an interview with the Financial Times that European countries had strong competences in many space sectors but that the continent lacked a unified European capability, notably in security and defence.
“This is quite different to any other country in the world. In the US, China, India, Japan and many other countries, space is driven to a good extent by security and defence,” he added.
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