EU-UK summit calls for security/military space cooperation, but Iris2/Skynet 6 synergy not cited

by Peter B. de Selding

LA PLATA, Maryland — The first EU-UK Summit concluded with a resolution that the two sides will deepen their cooperation in space-based security and defense programs but did not conclude any specific agreements on how to produce synergies in their respective space investments.

In particular, the May 19 summit in London did not include the possibility of the UK coordinating its future Skynet 6 military satcom program, still in its early stages and with financing uncertain, with the European Iris2 multi-orbit secure communications network, whose . . .

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