Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic ADVERTISEMENTCompanies traditionally focused purely on defence are increasingly launching into the space sector.Although space and defence have always been connected, the focus until recently has primarily been on civilian use rather than military space capabilities \u2014 but that is now changing.\u00a0\u201cWhile many of the leading European space companies were created as offspring of defence companies or are embedded into defence corporate structures, this trend was on the decline up until the early 2020s,\u201d according to an analysis by the Vienna-based European Space Policy Institute (ESPI).\u00a0Since mid-2022 in particular, the trend has accelerated, with a growing number of defence companies engaging in space \u2014 either by building on previous activities or by exploring it as a new strategic opportunity.\u00a0\u201cThe return of war to Europe, the emergence of antisatellite threats, and the growing militarisation of space by other powers force us to consider space as a pillar of our strategic autonomy,\u201d MEP Christophe Grudler (France\/Renew Europe) told Euronews.\u00a0Grudler, who co-chairs the European Parliament\u2019s intergroup on Sky and Space, argued that too many member states are currently working on separate national plans, leading to fragmentation and a lack of coordination.\u00a0\u201cWe need a more European approach \u2014 and that means focusing on programmes designed, funded and governed at the EU level,\u201d the French liberal added.\u00a0Yet Europe is only investing a mere 0.07% of its GDP \u2014 or \u20ac14 billion per year \u2014 in space activities, with a slow but noticeable shift towards tailored security and military functions, Matija Rencelj, research manager at ESPI, told Euronews.\u00a0\u201cThere is still an acute capability gap, and the investment required to turn the additional value of space into a reality is estimated at 0.15 to 0.25% of the European GDP by 2040,\u201d Rencelj stressed.\u00a0The head of the European Space Agency (ESA), formed by 23 member states including Norway, Switzerland, and the UK, said that compared to global competitors such as China, the US, India, or Japan, Europe is currently investing very little in space for defence.\u00a0\u201cThe good thing is that Europe has the capability. We have some of the best space engineers and scientists to really work with space technologies, and we have excellent companies of world standard, so we can do it,\u201d Josef Aschbacher told Euronews in an interview on Tuesday in Warsaw.\u00a0Currently, only 15% of Europe\u2019s public space budgets are allocated to military space activities \u2014 well below the global average of around 50%, which continues to tilt toward defence.\u00a0Against this backdrop, several European countries \u2014 including Austria, France, Italy, Luxembourg and Sweden \u2014 have developed military strategies dedicated to the space domain. But overall, Europe is still slow to act when it comes to developing and deploying its own capabilities, according to ESPI.\u00a0Grudler believes the EU must act on several fronts: pooling resources through common European programmes, establishing a true European procurement capacity in space, and fully integrating space into a long-term industrial strategy \u2014 at the same level as semiconductors, energy or artificial intelligence.\u00a0\u201cWe don\u2019t need to copy the United States line by line. But we do need political vision, unity, and continuity,\u201d he said.\u00a0ADVERTISEMENTESA\u2019s chief, on the other hand, pointed to the need for a significant budget increase.\u00a0\u201cWe have an opportunity at the end of this year, the ESA Ministerial Conference, and this will be a very important moment where Europe commits to really lift investments in space in order to make sure that we catch up in international activities in space,\u201d Aschbacher said.\u00a0During the last ESA council ministerial meeting in Paris in 2022, member states increased the agency\u2019s budget by 17%, reaching a record \u20ac16.9 billion.\u00a0In November 2025, ESA\u2019s ministers are expected to increase it to around \u20ac21 billion during their meeting in Bremen, Germany.\u00a0ADVERTISEMENTAleksandra Galka contributed to this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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