Industry wary of UK Space Agency shake-up

Industry wary of UK Space Agency shake-up

LONDON – A day after the British government announced plans to fold the UK Space Agency into the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), industry leaders said the move could streamline Britain’s space policy but also warned it risked undermining transparency and distracting from upcoming European talks about funding for space programs. The European […] The post Industry wary of UK Space Agency shake-up appeared first on SpaceNe…

UK Space Agency to be subsumed into DSIT

As part of ongoing drive to consider the future of agencies and ALBs, minsters announce that dedicated space entity will move into tech department but will not lose ‘immense ambition’ The UK Space Agency will become a unit within the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, the government has announced. DSIT said the move will “bring together the people who shape space policy and those who deliver it” which “will cut any duplication th…

Forrester’s Digest: UK Space Agency absorbed by British government – SatNews

The move by the UK government to shift the UK Space Agency into its Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) has been described as both good news, and bad, for the UK space sector. The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is an independent government-backed entity, and the core news is that it is being scrapped by April next year and incorporated into DSIT to enable “faster decision-making” and to enable the Agency to keep pace with the growing …

What Happens to the UK Space Agency Now?

News that the UK Space Agency (UKSA) would be folded into the UK Government’s Department of Space, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT) created a stir across the space industry this week. But as the dust settled from headlines with words like “scrapped” and “cut costs,” industry leaders shared more nuanced views with Payload on what a DSIT-run UKSA might mean for the future of the country’s space ambitions. The bright side: The overwhelming consens…