SatNews, the team behind Silicon Valley Space Week, the SmallSat Symposium, and SmallSat Europe, and Space News, have announced a dynamic partnership that will result in the debut of the EU Space Defense Track at the second annual SmallSat Europe trade event, which will be in session from May 26th to May 28th in Amsterdam.
These two leading organizations have welcomed more than 3,500 attendees each year to this important European exhibition.
With SatNews’ decades of event leadership and publication prowess and SpaceNews’ editorial expertise, this partnership will bring together industry, government and defence leaders to explore the evolving role of satellites and space systems in Europe.
The EU Space Defence Track will highlight topics such as:
- Lessons from Ukraine on rapid procurement
- Commercial integration
- Coalition operations
- Nurturing startups and dual-use innovation for European defence needs
- Protected communications
- Resilient architectures for contested space environments
- The future of European launch for secure access to space
- Leveraging commercial imagery, ISR, and AI for military advantage
- Aligning ambitions with budgets: the future of EU and NATO space defence strategy
For information and to register for SmallSat Europe 2026, please access this direct link…
