{"id":6468,"date":"2026-06-22T20:43:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/tl\/?page_id=6468"},"modified":"2026-07-03T02:22:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T02:22:57","slug":"space-and-defence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/space-and-defence\/","title":{"rendered":"Space and Defence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel has-background\" style=\"border-radius:0px;background-color:#f3f7f8\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner pad-b-dbl mob-pad-b-dbl mob-pad-t-0 pad-t-0\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-info-box-overlap has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-lg-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Strategic analysis and actionable insights on critical sector for national sovereignty, economic development and security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div\n\tid=\"tl-fpb-1\"\n\tstyle=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Space-Blog-Stackhouse-and-Morrison-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?quality=80&amp;w=4096);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;min-height:737px\" class=\"tl-featured-post-banner mar-b-dbl mob-mar-b-dbl wp-block-rbc-thought-leadership-blocks-featured-post-banner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tl-featured-post-banner__gradient\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;z-index:0;pointer-events:none;\"><\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"tl-featured-post-banner__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\tclass=\"tl-pill tl-pill--banner\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\tArticle\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"tl-featured-post-banner__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"tl-featured-post-banner__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/space-and-defence\/space-is-once-again-becoming-a-geopolitical-contest\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSpace is \u201conce again becoming a geopolitical contest\u201d\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"tl-featured-post-banner__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\tScott Morrison, Australia\u2019s former prime minister, on his country\u2019s bold space bets \u2013 and what Canada needs to do\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"tl-featured-post-banner__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/space-and-defence\/space-is-once-again-becoming-a-geopolitical-contest\/\">\n\t\t\t\tRead More\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-major-reports\" class=\"wp-block-heading mar-b mob-mar-b-dbl\">Major Reports<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"most-recent-by-taxonomy-jscroll jscroll-wrapper\" data-mrbt-id=\"mrbt-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mob-mar-t-dbl mar-t wp-block-rbc-most-recent-by-taxonomy most-recent-by-taxonomy-is-template-type-4\" data-mrbt-id=\"mrbt-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<article class=\"jscroll-item mrbt-tl-large\" data-post-id=\"1700\">\n\t<div class=\"mrbt-tl-large__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mrbt-tl-large__title mar-t-0 mar-b-0\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/space-and-defence\/a-higher-orbit-how-canada-can-build-and-finance-a-bolder-space-strategy\/\" class=\"mrbt-tl-large__title-link\">\n\t\t\t\tA Higher Orbit: How Canada can build and finance a bolder space strategy\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mrbt-tl-large__excerpt mar-t-0 mar-b-0\">Canada has an opportunity to grow its space economy to $21 billion by 2035\u2014a four-fold increase<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"mrbt-tl-large__image\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Space-Blog-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?quality=80&amp;w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Space-Blog-Image_Banner-wide.jpg 7250w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Space-Blog-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?resize=300,145 300w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Space-Blog-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?resize=768,371 768w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Space-Blog-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?resize=1024,494 1024w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Space-Blog-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?resize=1536,742 1536w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Space-Blog-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?resize=2048,989 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<!-- Different markup between back-end server side render and front-end -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-articles\" class=\"wp-block-heading mar-t-dbl mob-mar-t-dbl mar-b mob-mar-b-dbl\">Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"most-recent-by-taxonomy-jscroll jscroll-wrapper\" data-mrbt-id=\"mrbt-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mar-t mob-mar-t-dbl wp-block-rbc-most-recent-by-taxonomy most-recent-by-taxonomy-is-template-type-5\" data-mrbt-id=\"mrbt-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jscroll-item mrbt-card-v5\" data-post-id=\"1715\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"mrbt-card-v5__image\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Space-Blog-Stackhouse-and-Morrison-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?quality=80&amp;w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Space-Blog-Stackhouse-and-Morrison-Image_Banner-wide.jpg 7250w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Space-Blog-Stackhouse-and-Morrison-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?resize=300,145 300w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Space-Blog-Stackhouse-and-Morrison-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?resize=768,371 768w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Space-Blog-Stackhouse-and-Morrison-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?resize=1024,494 1024w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Space-Blog-Stackhouse-and-Morrison-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?resize=1536,742 1536w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Space-Blog-Stackhouse-and-Morrison-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?resize=2048,989 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"object-fit: cover; object-position: 30% 67%;\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"mrbt-card-v5__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mrbt-card-v5__content\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mrbt-card-v5__title mar-t-0 mar-b-0 h4\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/space-and-defence\/space-is-once-again-becoming-a-geopolitical-contest\/\" class=\"mrbt-card-v5__title-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSpace is \u201conce again becoming a geopolitical contest\u201d\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mrbt-card-v5__excerpt mar-t-0 mar-b-0\">Scott Morrison, Australia\u2019s former prime minister, on his country\u2019s bold space bets \u2013 and what Canada needs to do<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jscroll-item mrbt-card-v5\" data-post-id=\"1710\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"mrbt-card-v5__image\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Looking-Up-Space-Blog-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?quality=80&amp;w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Looking-Up-Space-Blog-Image_Banner-wide.jpg 7250w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Looking-Up-Space-Blog-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?resize=300,145 300w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Looking-Up-Space-Blog-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?resize=768,371 768w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Looking-Up-Space-Blog-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?resize=1024,494 1024w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Looking-Up-Space-Blog-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?resize=1536,742 1536w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/06\/Looking-Up-Space-Blog-Image_Banner-wide.jpg?resize=2048,989 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"object-fit: cover; object-position: 49% 68%;\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"mrbt-card-v5__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mrbt-card-v5__content\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mrbt-card-v5__title mar-t-0 mar-b-0 h4\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/space-and-defence\/looking-up-canadas-space-economy-is-a-21-billion-opportunity\/\" class=\"mrbt-card-v5__title-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tLooking Up: Canada\u2019s space economy is a $21-billion opportunity\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mrbt-card-v5__excerpt mar-t-0 mar-b-0\">To be a major global space player again, Canada needs to do much more\u2014and fast<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<!-- Different markup between back-end server side render and front-end -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"align-content-desktop-center align-content-mobile-top cta-latest-insights wp-block-rbc-rbc-cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"cta-latest-insights hide-on-mobile cover-background-image-container\"\n\t\t\t\t\trole=\"img\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"min-height:400px;\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-image: 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