ESA Formalizes European Defense Agency Links

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Robert Wall
April 22, 2026

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher (right) and his European Defense Agency counterpart André Denk.

Credit: ESA

The European Space Agency (ESA) and its military counterpart, the European Defense Agency (EDA), have inked an agreement to study how to boost Earth observation for security purposes, underscoring how the line in Europe between civil and military space activities is blurring. The work looks to…

Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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