Joshua Posaner

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Senior Defense and Space Reporter at POLITICO Europe

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Articles

European rival to Musk satellites tests stomach for cross-border champions

1 month ago | politico.eu | Francesca Micheletti |Joshua Posaner

Three European aerospace companies want to join up to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, setting up an early test of whether Europe is serious about creating global industrial giants or if national interests and the EU’s own competition rulebook will win out.
EU to help Ukraine replace Musk’s Starlink

1 month ago | politico.eu | Joshua Posaner

The European Commission is figuring out how it could help Ukraine secure satellite communication capacity in the wake of Elon Musk reportedly threatening to pull Kyiv's access to his Starlink network. Space-based communication systems are a critical tool for Ukraine, but it remains unclear whether Musk will continue to offer Starlink as the war grinds on. Ukraine said last year it has about 42,000 Starlink terminals in operation in the country; about half are financed by Poland.
What the new German government means for Ukraine

1 month ago | politico.eu | Emily Schultheis |Joshua Posaner

BERLIN — In Sunday's German election, Ukraine won big. Friedrich Merz — who has vowed to strengthen Germany’s support for Ukraine — will be at the helm of Germany's next government, while sitting Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who has faced criticism for his reluctance to step up aid, will be out of the picture. Merz said on Monday that his conservative alliance will seek to form a two-party government with the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), noting that coalition negotiations are already in motion.
Rutte: NATO spending target will be ‘considerably more than 3 percent’

2 months ago | politico.eu | Paul McLeary |Joshua Posaner

Live coverage from Munich: POLITICO is on the ground at the Munich Security Conference, where we’re having conversations with top officials, lawmakers and experts at our POLITICO Pub. Follow our exclusive coverage here. MUNICH — NATO members will have to boost their defense spending by “considerably more than 3 percent” of GDP, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Saturday during an interview at the POLITICO Pub on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
Zelenskyy: ‘The time has come’ for a European army

2 months ago | politico.eu | Joshua Posaner

Live coverage from Munich: POLITICO is on the ground at the Munich Security Conference, where we’re having conversations with top officials, lawmakers and experts at our POLITICO Pub. Follow our exclusive coverage here. MUNICH — European leaders should start to create a European army in response to Russia's military build-up, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday.
German defense minister blasts Trump’s ‘clumsy’ Ukraine negotiating play

2 months ago | politico.eu | Joshua Posaner

Live coverage from Munich: POLITICO is on the ground at the Munich Security Conference, where we're having conversations with top officials, lawmakers and experts at our POLITICO Pub. Follow our exclusive coverage here. MUNICH — U.S. President Donald Trump's insistence that Ukraine won't join NATO was "clumsy" and a "mistake," German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said at the Munich Security Conference today.
Trump’s uphill battle to make NATO allies hit his mega defense spending target

2 months ago | politico.eu | Laura Kayali |Jacopo Barigazzi |Jack Detsch |Joshua Posaner

Donald Trump lobbed a financial hand grenade into NATO, and now the alliance's members are scrambling to figure out how to respond. NATO spent a decade trying to reach its target of spending at least 2 percent of GDP on defense — a goal that 24 out of 32 members currently meet — but the U.S. president now wants that increased to 5 percent.
UK takes on leadership of Biden-era Ukraine military aid group

2 months ago | politico.eu | Joshua Posaner

U.K. Defence Secretary John Healey will lead Wednesday's meeting of Kyiv's allies under the Ukraine Defence Contact Group format, taking over from the U.S., the British Ministry of Defence said today. The meeting is scheduled ahead of a summit of NATO defense ministers, but the Ukraine grouping, also known as the Ramstein Format, is far bigger, including more than 50 allies. The format coordinates the specifics of military aid to Ukraine on everything from fighter jet training to cybersecurity.
Putin fires Russia’s space chief

2 months ago | politico.eu | Joshua Posaner

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has sacked the boss of space agency Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, the Kremlin announced Thursday, as the once world-beating program falls behind its competitors in the space race. The replacement pick is Dmitry Bakanov, an ex-deputy minister in the transport ministry who previously also ran Russia’s Gonets communication satellite program. While Moscow’s space program has stuttered over recent years, it does still try to pull off spectacular missions.
Putin fires Russia’s space chief

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Joshua Posaner

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