NATO to found Space centre of excellence
05 February 2021
by Gareth Jennings
NATO is to establish a centre of excellence in France, dedicated solely to the Space domain.
NATO is to establish a new Space centre of excellence in Toulouse, France. It is unclear what this centre’s relationship will be with the recently opened NATO Space Centre in Ramstein, Germany. (Airbus)
The French Ministry of the Armed Forces announced on 4 February that the alliance had accepted a French proposal to site a new centre in Toulouse.
“The ‘centre of excellence’ label is part of the Higher Education Pact implemented by the General Directorate of International Relations and Strategy. The goal [of this pact] is to regenerate and develop the pool of French researchers linked to defence,” the Ministry of the Armed Forces said.