Where does our budget come from?💰 Our mandatory activities (space science programmes and the general budget) are funded by a financial contribution from all the Agency’s Member States, calculated in accordance with each country’s gross national product. In addition, we conducts a number of optional programmes. Each Member State decides in which optional programme they wish to participate and the amount they wish to contribute. How big is our budget? Our budget for 2025 is €7.68 billion. We oper

#FirstpostAmerica: European Space Agency Launches Military-Grade Programme Amid Global Tensions Europe has approved its biggest-ever space budget, allocating €22.1bn (about $23.9bn) to the European Space Agency and launching its first explicitly military-grade programme. The new European Resilience from Space project will build a military-grade surveillance network in space, pooling national satellites to provide secure communications, navigation and earth-observation services. Funding was drive

The Army Ordnance Corps took part again this summer in Exercise EUROPEAN GUARDIAN. The aim of the exercise is to give participants the chance to use and develop their manual neutralisation skills in a highly demanding, multinational environment. Over the two-week exercise, participants were given a series of different and increasingly complex scenarios and devices to deal with. As an active participant of the European Defence Agency, the Irish Defence Forces collaborates with many other member s