Resilience, adaptiveness and collaboration vital for success in space (Studio)
Speakers at the Defence In Space Conference (DISC) 2025 highlighted the critical and evolving role of space in national security, defence and the global economy.
Blue Air is adding more flights to Romania from London Luton Airport from 28 March, expanding the network from the airport with daily flights to Bucharest, four weekly flights to Sibiu and three weekly flights to Bacau.
Offering low fares and flying Boeing 737s, Blue Air’s increased service at London Luton has been welcomed by the airport’s airline manager, Simon Harley, who commented, “We are delighted to announce further expansion with Blue Air at the airport. Low fares flying continues to make business and leisure travel increasingly accessible to millions of Europeans and the launch of these new services provide yet more choice for our passengers."
Speakers at the Defence In Space Conference (DISC) 2025 highlighted the critical and evolving role of space in national security, defence and the global economy.
Both the US and Canada operate Cold War-era capabilities which cannot defeat today’s and tomorrow’s threats.
Air defence systems are continuing to appear top of countries’ shopping lists but broadly across different capabilities it is a sellers’ market, as demonstrated by backlogs and double-digit percentage point growth.
Mike Moran, Director of US Government Business at Amazon Project Kuiper Government Solutions, highlighted the evolution of space as a critical warfighting domain at the Defence in Space Conference (DISC) 2025, held this week in London.
In May this year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the government plans to position Germany as “Europe's strongest conventional army”. A new blueprint outlines how this is going to occur through massive investment.
Two of the concrete projects outlined in the readiness report, the European Air Shield and Space Shield, will aim to be launched by Q2 2026.