Space Domain Awareness Networks (Operational Priorities)
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About this report
Space Domain Awareness (SDA) has emerged as a critical operational line of effort to safeguard allied space assets and ensure resilience in an increasingly contested orbital environment.
This priority, nested under the broader Space Security & Space Resilience agenda, addresses the growing strategic problem that NATO and EU leaders have identified in recent years: the Alliance’s heavy reliance on satellites for communications, navigation, intelligence and command-and-control is now threatened by the proliferation of counter-space weapons, orbital congestion and hostile interference .
Key questions this report answers
- What does Space Domain Awareness encompass as an operational line of effort to safeguard allied space assets?
- How does SDA address NATO/EU reliance on satellites amid counter-space weapons, orbital congestion and hostile interference?
- Which actors and capabilities are involved in building resilient SDA networks, and where are the gaps?
- What is the strategic outlook for SDA within the broader Space Security and Space Resilience agenda?
Who it's for
Strategy, corporate-development and investment teams that need an ecosystem-level view — budgets, industrial capacity and technology landscapes — before committing capital or capacity.
Methodology & sources
DFM reports are built from primary and official sources — TED procurement notices, CORDIS and the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, EIB operations, the NATO Innovation Fund portfolio, SIPRI data, official budget documents and company disclosures — read together with the underlying legal texts. Sources are cited in the document; the report reflects them as of its publication date (28 January 2026).
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