Yesterday saw SNP Business Minister Richard Lochhead MSP make a string of announcements on space sector ambitions and initiatives, as Scotland welcomed its first-ever Space-Comm Expo in Glasgow, one of the year’s biggest space industry events.
Addressing a room packed with delegates from across the world, Mr Lochhead sent a clear message on Scotland’s ambition to become a leading nation in the sector, unveiling space entrepreneur Daniel Smith as the SNP Government’s first space envoy.
Mr Lochhead stated that the space industry is the “fastest growing” in Scotland, before highlighting the government’s role in driving the sector’s economic goals.
This includes the West of Scotland Space Cluster, the newest addition to the UK’s thriving ecosystem of regional space clusters and the region is a key hub in the Scottish space sector, operating at the forefront of a European revolution in spacecraft systems, payload manufacture, launch (upstream) and data analysis (downstream) activity.
Andrew Strain, Chief Technology Officer at AAC Clyde Space, added that the cluster’s new advisory group would be focused on actions that drive growth across a region which stretches all the way to the Prestwick, home to Scotland’s largest aerospace hub.
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