{"id":71010,"date":"2025-06-17T11:50:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/press-releases\/the-luxembourg-space-industries-association-glae-signs-mou-with-benelux-partners-to-boost-regional-space-and-defense-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T11:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:52:35","slug":"the-luxembourg-space-industries-association-glae-signs-mou-with-benelux-partners-to-boost-regional-space-and-defense-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/press-releases\/the-luxembourg-space-industries-association-glae-signs-mou-with-benelux-partners-to-boost-regional-space-and-defense-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Luxembourg Space Industries association GLAE signs MoU with Benelux partners to boost regional space and defense cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text-block js-section\">\n    <h2 class=\"text-block__title\" data-page-navigation=\"\">\n        \n    <\/h2>\n    <div class=\"text-block__text format-text\">\n        <p>On 16 June 2025, the Luxembourg Space Industries Association (GLAE), hosted by FEDIL \u2013 The Voice of Luxembourg\u2019s Industry, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its Benelux counterparts during the Paris Air Show. This signature marks a continuation and extension of the Benelux space industry collaboration initiated in September 2024 in Noordwijk (NL).<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71006\" src=\"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GLAE_MoU_Signature_2025_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GLAE_MoU_Signature_2025_1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/fedil.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GLAE_MoU_Signature_2025_1-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/fedil.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GLAE_MoU_Signature_2025_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fedil.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GLAE_MoU_Signature_2025_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fedil.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GLAE_MoU_Signature_2025_1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\n<p>The MoU brings together GLAE, Flanders Space, Wallonie Espace, Brussels Aerospace Group, and SpaceNed with a shared ambition to deepen cooperation across the space and defense sectors, and to create new industrial and research opportunities within the Benelux and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>By building on strong geographic and historic ties, the partnership aims to develop a ecosystem for R&amp;D, innovation, and new product and service development. In particular, the MoU provides a framework for further collaboration on strategic themes such as space-based security, dual-use technologies, and critical infrastructure protection. The partners will also work together to advance the use of space data and infrastructure in key domains for the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis agreement paves the way for smarter, faster, and more connected collaboration between our industries,\u201d said Yves Elsen, Chairman of GLAE. \u201cIt reflects our shared commitment to reinforce Europe\u2019s space capabilities and to strengthen the Benelux as a dynamic innovation hub.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GLAE, as the representative association of Luxembourg\u2019s space industry, plays an active role in promoting international cooperation and supporting its members\u2019 participation in ESA, EU, and NATO programmes.<\/p>\n<p>This MoU positions the Benelux as a united and forward-looking player in Europe\u2019s evolving space and defense landscape.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glae.lu\">www.glae.lu<\/a><\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":60338,"template":"","class_list":["post-71010","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/71010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/71010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71012,"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/71010\/revisions\/71012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}