United KingdomA secret £15 million UK program, LEDA, targets orbital threats.

European governments are moving from defending satellites to funding ways to act against them.

Debris-removal rendezvous technology can also reach another state’s satellite, but pacing a target that manoeuvres away is a harder mission.

“The UK is on the journey towards both offensive and defensive capabilities,” said Alex Godfrey, Astroscale UK’s defence director.

Shield Space is pitching the UK Ministry of Defence a space-based carrier-strike platform.

How each outlet framed it
Payload
traces European in-space defence to a month of specific contracts: OSMOS X study, Astroscale LEDA prime, Shield Space coalition

Sources: Payload