On 21st July, German company Isar Aerospace released a joint declaration with Norway to “address future challenges.” The agreement noted that since Germany and Norway both have important security points in the North Atlantic, their militaries do joint exercises.
Additionally, Norwegian and German armed forces are planning on enhancing surveillance and reconnaissance in these strategic areas to know ahead of any potential threats. The agreement has most likely come about as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The declaration’s content
The declaration has listed a few key priorities to boost cooperation between Norway and Germany:
- Increase maritime cooperation by having an operational partnership in the North Sea and North Atlantic (has already been agreed on).
- Develop space technologies to improve alertness of any threats in the North Atlantic and allow independent European access to space.
- Support each other’s NATO land defence plans and grow cooperation on land, as their maritime cooperation.
- Both countries’ defense ministers are working on a bilateral defense agreement that will give Norway & Germany a long-term defense partnership.
- The German and Norwegian governments ordered their industry and energy ministers to restart talks aimed at enhancing resilience and competitiveness. Both countries are considering partnership in these fields: digitalization, maritime infrastructure, critical minerals, economic security, decarbonization, climate efforts, including CCS and hydrogen, and energy supply and security
Daniel Metzler, CEO and Co-founder of Isar Aerospace, said, “A nation’s ability to defend itself starts with situational awareness from space. Germany’s and Norway’s space cooperation underlines our efforts to provide sovereign launch capabilities for both countries, strengthening their security and autonomy. At Isar Aerospace, we are proud to have launched the first orbital launch vehicle from Andøya Spaceport in Norway, and we are ready to further expand sovereign space access for Germany, Norway, and partner nations.”
Read the full declaration in German here.
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Sviatoslav writes for Orbital Today with a specialization in drones. He got his first drone for his ninth birthday and has been following their development and use cases ever since. If he isn’t writing or working with his own quadcopter, he’s playing with his Doberman or playing chess, Risk, and other board games.
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