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Scottish Space Sector Lands £4.6m Investment

At the SEC on Wednesday, the UK Space Agency revealed a 4.6m package of new funding for Scotland's space industry during Space‑Comm Expo.
The National Space Innovation Programme is providing 3.7m to four Scottish universities to support secure communications, environmental monitoring, and navigation.
Funding also covers University of Edinburgh pollution sensors, University of Strathclyde satellite navigation, Heriot‑Watt quantum transmitter, 410,000 for OXYGEN, and 350,000 for Space Scotland.
Richard Lochhead, Scottish Government business minister, said Scotland's space sector delivers economic potential and solves global challenges, while Scotland Office minister Kirsty McNeill hailed the £3.8 million universities' share and employment of thousands.
Scotland already accounts for 13% of UK space employment with about 7,120 people and hosts the UK’s only licensed vertical-launch spaceport on Unst, Shetland Islands.

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The Herald Scotland

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BBC News

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Scottish space sector lands £4.6m investment

The news comes as the biggest space industry event ever held in the country, Space-Comm Expo Scotland, gets underway.

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Glasgow Times

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Scottish space sector to receive funding boost as expo begins in Glasgow

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UK Space Agency invests £3.8 million in Scottish space sector

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