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The space command gets a horizon

2020-09-11T18:28:47.794Z


France, which wants to maintain its rank in the space race, plans to invest 4.3 billion euros by 2025.The contours of the Space Command (CDE) are refined. A little over a year after its official creation on September 3, 2019, the CDE's battle plan is taking shape. On Friday, a symbolic step was taken at the 107 Villacoublay air base, near Paris, with the presentation of the new "logo" of the air force and space: a stylized hawk overlooking the curve of the earth horizon. For the Chief of Staff of


The contours of the Space Command (CDE) are refined.

A little over a year after its official creation on September 3, 2019, the CDE's battle plan is taking shape.

On Friday, a symbolic step was taken at the 107 Villacoublay air base, near Paris, with the presentation of the new "logo" of the air force and space: a stylized hawk overlooking the curve of the earth horizon.

For the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Space, General Lavigne, a

"new side"

in the history of aviation

"will open"

.

"For a year, a lot of work has already been done"

, confides General Friedling, the commander of the CDE, and first of all a work of persuasion at all levels of the military institution.

"We have shown very concrete things

," he said enigmatic.

Space has become a field of confrontation, he stresses.

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“For 10 years, the spatial landscape has changed

,” continues General Friedling.

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Source: lefigaro

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