About Space Wales
The trade association for the Space sector in Wales with over 60 members. Includes major primes such as Airbus Defence & Space, Jacobs and Raytheon and stellar start ups such as Space Forge, B2Space and Smallspark Space Systems. High tech companies like MicroLink Devices UK, Glyndwr Innovations, Arcanum Cyber Security and Qioptiq, Snowdonia Aerospace Centre /Spaceport Snowdonia and great downstream companies like Environment Systems. In 2021 the sector in Wales doubled in size compared with e previous year. We have published the Wales Space Strategy "Wales a sustainable space nation" in partnership with Welsh Government. We have strong academic links with the Wales Academic Space Partnership (WASP). We are linked to our parent company Aerospace Wales and the wider Industry Wales group. Our Space Wales Leadership Group is co-chaired by Helen Swift of Airbus and Aerospace Wales CEO John Whalley. In the words of Space Forge's CEO Josh Western the launch of the company's ForgeStar-0, the first satellite designed, developed and built in Wales is "One small step for Space Forge, one giant leap for Wales! "
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Employee Count: 3
Keywords: defense & space manufacturing