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DND formalizes space partnership

On Monday, National Defence signed a memorandum of understanding with Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom that will see the four countries share space-related information and resources.

Known as the Combined Space Operations Initiative, the MOU formalizes an existing partnership among the four defence departments and will encourage closer cooperation on a range of activities such as identifying and understanding space objects, ensuring uninterrupted satellite operations, and avoiding satellite collisions.

“Partnering with our Defence allies on combined space operations makes sense,” said BGen Michel Lalumière, Director General Space within the Chief of Force Development office. “The information shared will help us in areas of mutual interest, including Space Situational Awareness, planning for space events, and collaborating on space capabilities to maintain the strategic advantage that space provides.”

The Canadian Armed Forces, which relies on space-based capability for everything from command and control to weather information, navigation, communications, mapping, and search and rescue, has invested in a number of space programs in recent years and projects significantly more investment over the next 5-20 years in its Defence Acquisition Guide, published this summer.

According to a DND press release, recent CAF space projects that have benefited from international cooperation include:

“The partnership announced today will help the Canadian Armed Forces to continue improving its use of space capabilities and protecting our critical space assets,” said LGen Guy Thibault, Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff. “Just as we work closely with our allies on land, sea, and in the air, so too should we combine our operations in space.”

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