NATO’s inaugural Space Symposium kicks off in Toulouse

The inaugural NATO Space Symposium, held in Toulouse on 29 and 30 April 2024, aimed to bring key stakeholders together to stress the importance of the domain and highlight the key requirements among the alliance. (Armée de l’air et de l’espace)

NATO’s inaugural Space Symposium has begun with senior NATO executives and space commanders from across the alliance as well as 44 companies in attendance to highlight the growing importance of space.

Held in Toulouse, France, on 29 and 30 April, the symposium aims to “bring all of the key players together to really understand where we are today, and where we need to go tomorrow”, both in terms of capabilities and policy, Lieutenant General David Julazadeh, the deputy chief of staff for Capability Development at Headquarters Supreme Allied Command Transformation (ACT), told
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and other media representatives at the event.

This is necessary because NATO is “behind the power curve in space”, Lt Gen Julazadeh continued. The event is also about getting the alliance to think about “space as a physical domain” and not just an enabler, he added.