European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius, Poland's Minister of Finance and Economy Andrzej Domański and ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher were opening speakers at the Space for European Resilience conference. Credit: ESA - J. Van de Vel
European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius, Poland's Minister of Finance and Economy Andrzej Domański and ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher were opening speakers at the Space for European Resilience conference. Credit: ESA - J. Van de Vel

Milan — The European Space Agency has refined its plan for the European Resilience from Space (ERS) program, outlining a €1 billion ($1.15 billion) framework that more directly ties Earth observation, telecommunications and navigation to Europe’s growing defense and security needs. The updated proposal will go before member states for approval at the Nov. 26–27 Ministerial Council in Bremen.

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Emma Gatti is a planetary scientist, editor and journalist, and serves as a research professor in Space Journalism and Current Affairs at the Faculty of Space Technology, AGH University of Krakow. She is also the director of The Space Republic, a media...