The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) plays a crucial role in space as a key enabler for defense operations, now recognized as an operational domain. Through the UK Space Command, the MOD delivers space operations, develops space capabilities, and grows the defense space workforce. It oversees programs like Skynet for satellite communications and invests in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities, working with partners such as the UK Space Agency and international allies, including the US, to protect UK interests in space.
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RTC North and the UK Ministry of Defence partnered with Lockheed Martin at the Discovery Museum event in Newcastle.
Airbus celebrated the 50-year anniversary in 2019 of providing global secure military satellite communications to the UK Ministry of Defence and of the first SKYNET satellite.
The Prometheus-2 mission will enable the UK Ministry of Defence to operate a hyperspectral sensor for the first time and to run processing and algorithms directly on HyperScout.
The Windracers aircraft will be equipped with scientific research equipment from the British Antarctic Survey and flown in Antarctica to gather novel research data at an unprecedented scale.
Viasat UK Ltd. signed the UK Armed Forces Covenant to support UK military personnel, reservists, veterans and their families.
NORSS won a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence to develop a new simulator system for developing and testing future British military satellites and constellations.
The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office is teaming up with the U.K. Ministry of Defence to launch experimental smallsats to low Earth orbit in late 2022 on a Virgin Orbit air-launched rocket.
The SKYNET 5 programme provided the UK Ministry of Defence with military communications services supporting global operations since 2003.
Airbus was awarded the SKYNET 6A contract in July 2020 to supplement the existing SKYNET 5 fleet and enhance the UK’s military satellite communications capability.
Centerprise International was established in 1983 and is a supplier of IT software and hardware to the UK Ministry of Defence.
The UK Ministry of Defence has deployed SPOT Gen4 satellite GPS messengers to track and provide safety for Royal Air Force Force Protection personnel during training exercises at RAF Honington.
Centerprise International was established in 1983 and has long been a supplier of IT software and hardware to the UK Ministry of Defence.
The UK Ministry of Defence has deployed SPOT Gen4 satellite GPS messengers to track and provide safety for Royal Air Force Force Protection personnel during training exercises at RAF Honington.
Spectra Group’s SlingShot SATCOM system is being used to support UK armed forces operations in Mali.
Blue Canyon was selected in 2019 by the Naval Research Laboratory to support a combined U.S. Navy and U.K. Ministry of Defense demonstration mission in very low orbit called CIRCE.
The radio frequency detection and geolocation technology demonstration was funded by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), part of the UK Ministry of Defence.
The L-Band RF detection and geolocation technology demonstration was funded by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), part of the UK Ministry of Defence.
A key outcome of Project TYCHE is to produce a robust understanding and analysis of integration activities, test environments, and interfaces required to establish and maintain UK MOD rights to freely operate a space-based ISR capability.
Project TYCHE will deliver a robust understanding and analysis of the integration activities, test environments, and interfaces required to establish and maintain UK Ministry of Defence rights to freely operate a space-based ISR capability.
Viasat provided the VISION platform to the UK Ministry of Defence to expand UHF Skynet satellite network capability.