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Europe is not just building satellites anymore. It is quietly reorganizing its entire space industry into a single, large-scale industrial system. The recent “Project Bromo” initiative, a €10B announced joint venture between Airbus Defence and Space, Thales, and Leonardo, is a signal that something deeper is happening: a shift from fragmented national programs to a consolidated European space powerhouse. But this is not an industrial restructuring story. It is a geopolitical infrastructure story. Because in the new space economy, competition is no longer defined by who launches satellites. It is defined by who controls: - modular orbital architectures - software-defined space systems - data and connectivity layers across LEO constellations - and the speed at which complex systems can be integrated In other words: space is becoming a software-and-integration driven industry. And this changes everything. The real bottleneck is no longer technology availability. It is integration velocity at industrial scale. This is where the European model will be tested against global mega-constellations in the US and China, not only on capability, but on cohesion. Project Bromo is one of the first clear signals of this transition. But the real question is: 👀 Who gets pulled into this new space architecture and how? 👉 Read the full article on our blog https://lnkd.in/d5DCTpUj #SpaceEconomy #Aerospace #DigitalTransformation #Innovation #Engineering #SoftwareDefined #DigitalTwin #CloudComputing #EUInnovation #Leonardo #Airbus #Thales #TechTuesday