Defence: Space Technology
(asked on 15th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the strength of the UK space defence sector.
This question was answered on 22nd January 2019
The UK Space Agency regularly monitor the progress of the sector and Ministers and officials regularly engage with representatives of the industry. The space sector has grown at an average of over 8% per year over the last decade and three times faster than the average sector over the last five years. The UK is a world-leader in small satellite technology, telecommunications, robotics and earth observation, while British universities are some of the best in the world for space science.