Defence Space Strategy launch event
Channel: War Studies KCL
Date: 2022-02-03

The Freeman Air & Space Institute hosted the Ministry of Defence's launch of the Defence Space Strategy at King’s College London.  

The Defence Space Strategy sets out a vision for defence as a global actor, in a space domain that is increasingly congested and competitive. It articulates how the MOD will deliver the ‘protect and defend’ goal of the National Space Strategy (published in September 2021) through space-related capabilities and operations, as well as the growth of a space 

The event featured speeches by the Minister for Defence Procurement, Jeremy Quin, and Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston. This was followed by a panel Q&A session, chaired by Professor John Gearson, Director of the Freeman Institute, featuring Air Vice-Marshal Harv Smyth, Director Space MOD; Natalie Moore, Head of Space Policy MOD; Air Vice-Marshal Paul Godfrey, Commander UK Space Command; and Rebecca Evernden, Director Space at BEIS.

About the Freeman Air and Space Institute

The Freeman Air and Space Institute (FASI) is an inter-disciplinary research institute in the School of Security Studies, King’s College London, which provides independent, original knowledge and understanding of air and space issues.