NATO is a political and military alliance that recognized space as an operational domain in 2019 and adopted a Space Policy. While NATO itself does not aim to develop its own space capabilities and relies on its member states' assets, it serves as a forum for information sharing, interoperability enhancement, and coordinated action regarding space-related issues. NATO's Space Center, established in 2020, supports NATO operations and missions by coordinating allied space activities and sharing information on potential threats. Associated keywords: space policy, operational domain, interoperability, space situational awareness, collective defense.
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Koen Willems is Vice President of EU/NATO Programs and Government Relations at ST Engineering iDirect Europe.
Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation has been developing cyber secure operational software with NATO.
NATO’s Commercial Space Strategy provides a framework for European defense space procurement.
The DELTA battlefield management system achieved certification under NATO standards after Kateryna Chernohorenko scaled it across Ukraine’s Defence Forces.
Hanwha Systems used the BSDA 2026 exhibition in Bucharest to expand its footprint across EU and NATO markets with AI-based satellite data analytics.
NATO has not formally chartered a body to arbitrate interoperability between US tactical-LEO programs and European sovereign programs.
Brian Gallant said the new NATO defense target is 5% of GDP from each country.
The NATO partners are planning to test a hypersonic launch vehicle from Canada’s east coast, with a meeting planned in Halifax in June.
The panel urged the Canadian government to increase DND spending to 5% of GDP alongside other NATO partners.
Telesat has integrated military Ka-band capabilities into the Lightspeed design to support NATO requirements.
The CAS500-2 mission is intended to validate a sovereign, all-European SAR solution for NATO and allied defense applications.
SBMS supports thousands of users across the United States, NATO, and allied partners.
Koen Willems is Vice President of EU/NATO Programs and Government Relations at ST Engineering iDirect Europe.
Raytheon selected ST Engineering iDirect’s manufacturing plant in Erpe-Mere, Belgium, for NATO’s ESSM Block II missile program in February 2026.
Eycore-1 is designed to support NATO and allied defense requirements.
The February 2026 defense spending report projected that Europe’s NATO members would nearly double equipment budgets from 2025 by 2030.
One February 2026 report co-authored by Dr. Jakob Stöber projected that Europe’s NATO members would spend €800 billion on defense by 2030.
NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic launched a challenge focused on decision superiority for NATO warfighters.
NATO wants AI to cross-reference orbital data with commercial tracking and open-source intelligence to identify threats rapidly.
NATO is seeking commercially available software that can transition military planning away from linear processes, manual workflows, and non-dynamic data.