The UK Space Agency has announced that the annual ‘Size and Health of the UK space industry’ survey – the primary source of evidence used to track growth in the sector – is now open.
In 2021, the survey will be carried out by BryceTech on behalf of the UK Space Agency, and is open to responses from space sector organisations across the UK.
Having an up-to-date national picture of the sector will help ensure the UK Space Agency’s work to deliver the new National Space Strategy is shaped by the latest information.
The 2020 survey demonstrated significant growth in income and employment, and indirect benefits of satellite services to other industrial sectors worth £360 billion of UK GDP.
For the defence industry, the importance of strategic importance of space forms a crucial pillar of the MOD’s ten year strategy outlined in the Integrated Review.
This year saw the official creation of the UK Space Command – a Joint Command staffed from the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force and the Civil Service.
It brings together three functions under a single 2-Star military commander: space operations; space workforce training and growth; and space capability (developing and delivering space equipment programmes).
UK Space Command works alongside the Ministry of Defence Space Directorate, which is responsible for Defence Space policy, strategy and cross-government and international coordination.
The UK space industry represents an exciting opportunity for those Company’s operating in its supply chain.
All information provided in the survey will be treated in the strictest confidence, and only aggregate anonymised information will be published.
The closing date is 13 December 2021. Anybody wishing to complete the survey, can do so here.
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Post written by: Matt Brown
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