Cyber Security

The European Commission has selected a consortium of companies and research institutes to study the design of the future European quantum communication network, EuroQCI. EuroQCI is to enable ultra-secure communication between critical infrastructures and government institutions across the European Union. The consortium is led by Airbus and includes Leonardo, Orange, and PwC.

The Spanish satellite telecommunications operator Sateliot takes the lead to develop a low Earth orbit (LEO) nanosatellite constellation offering 5G coverage and a secure quantum key information exchange system. Sateliot is leading a consortium of a dozen companies and the Spanish Ministry of Defense, as a potential user, to deploy the nanosat constellation, the company said.

Paris, 19 April 2021. – China intends to expand its destructive anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon arsenal to target U.S. satellites, the annual report of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) concluded.„China has already fielded ground-based ASAT missiles intended to destroy satellites in LEO and ground-based ASAT lasers probably intended to blind or damage sensitive space-based optical sensors on LEO satellites,” the unclassified report published last week found.

CYSEC and ESA launch cybersecurity conference in Davos

G20 and UNOOSA promote sharing space data and technology

U.S. Space Force awards $298 million military contract to Boeing

U.S. Space Force awards multi-million space cybersecurity contract to Northrop Grumman

UK start-up AegiQ secured £1.4m to develop quantum communications

Amergint completes acquisition of Raytheon's space-based optics business

US issues fifth Space Policy Directive on space cybersecurity