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Written by Gilles Rabin
On September 25 in Berlin, the Weltraumkongress, organized by the BDI (the German employers' association, not the BDLI, the German aerospace industry association), promised to be an important event, given the questions raised by Germany's position in Europe. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/09/germany-commits-e35-billion-to-space-defense-by-2030/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=67951 At the 3rd German Space Congress, hosted by the Federation of German Industries (BDI), Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced in an historic speech €35 billion investment in Germany’s military space capabilities by 2030. In a speech blending Star Trek references with sober warnings of geopolitical threats, Pistorius framed space not only as a frontier of innovation and discovery, but increasingly as a contested domain vital to national and European security.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/10/dr-walther-pelzer-on-geo-return-innovation/ Wed, 02 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61473 Dr. Walther Pelzer, Director General of the German Space Agency at DLR, elaborates on key topics from his keynote speech.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/10/polish-space-agency-vp-col-marcin-mazur-on-polish-space-ambitions/ Tue, 01 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61448 Colonel Marcin Mazur, VP at the Polish Space Agency (Polsa), shares updates on Poland's space activities, his unique role as an embedded military officer in a civilian agency, and Poland's ambitious space goals.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/we-need-a-paradigm-change-in-space-security-and-defence-josep-borrell-fontelles/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46186 The European Space Conference began yesterday, January 24, 2023, at the Egmont Palace, Brussels, Belgium. Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative and Vice President of the European Commission, delivered the first Keynote address.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/09/space-cafe-radio-pssis-space-security-series-ep-1-with-john-huth/ Mon, 05 Sep 2022 07:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43085 In this first episode Senior Editor Dr. Emma Gatti interviewed John Huth, the Defense Intelligence Officer for Space and Counter Space, Defense Intelligence Agency of the United States of America. John discussed the recent advancement in space defense capabilities by China and Russia.]]>