France announces almost $5B in new military space funding

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday announced a planned increase of €4.2 billion ($4.9 billion) in military space spending between 2026 and 2030.

“We must fight to preserve this precious asset; indeed, space is no longer a sanctuary, it has become a battlefield,” he said, according to a translation by Google. “Today’s war is already being fought in space, and tomorrow’s war will begin in space. Let us be ready. This will be a condition for the success of military operations on land, in the air, and at sea.”

Speaking at a ceremony in Toulouse to celebrate the achievement of operational capability by France’s Space Command, Macron said that the funds would support the 2027 launch of the Ministry of Defense’s long-planned counter-space satellites.

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