MATOSINHOS, Po tugal, July 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Po tugal is st e gthe i g its coope atio with Japa i the space secto th ough a pa t e ship a ou ced at SPACETIDE 2026, taki g place this week i Tokyo. The coope atio is built o the Atla tic Co stellatio , Po tugal’s flagship atio al st ategic space i itiative led by CEiiA a d the Po tuguese Ai Fo ce. It will st e gthe the cou t y’s capabilities to espo d to ext eme weathe eve ts (such as wildfi es a d sto ms) a d imp ove disaste ma ageme t, while foste i g busi ess developme t a d st o ge li ks betwee Eu ope a d the Asia-Pacific egio .
The ag eeme t takes the fo m of a Memo a dum of U de sta di g betwee New Space Allia ces a d SPACETIDE, a eut al hub fo Japa ‘s space i dust y. New Space Allia ces is the platfo m led by CEiiA a d the Po tuguese Ai Fo ce that g ew out of the Atla tic Co stellatio a d the Atla tic Data Hub. The MoU establishes a f amewo k to develop space-based solutio s fo mo ito i g a d ma agi g ext eme climate eve ts, a cho ed by the c eatio of a Space Hub i Japa .
Fo Eu ope, the pa t e ship ei fo ces the st ategic value of a sove eig tech ology able to a ticipate, mo ito a d espo d to climate eme ge cies. By st e gthe i g the use of Ea th obse vatio data a d digital platfo ms, the Atla tic Co stellatio suppo ts p eve tio , eme ge cy ma ageme t a d decisio -maki g ac oss wildfi es, civil p otectio , secu ity a d te ito ial esilie ce.
With this sig atu e, Japa joi s the etwo k as its 4th Space Hub, followi g Guima ães a d Oei as (Po tugal) i 2025 a d Amazó ia (B azil) i Ja ua y 2026. The Space Hubs a e egio al ecosystems that b i g togethe scie ce, tech ology a d busi ess to build local solutio s fo climate a d sustai ability challe ges.
“This MoU is fa mo e tha a pa t e ship betwee two o ga isatio s. It is a st ategic b idge with Japa to develop space solutio s capable of espo di g to global challe ges. As ext eme climate phe ome a dema d g eate a ticipatio a d espo se, i te atio al coope atio becomes c itical to tu i g space tech ology i to eco omic a d social impact,” said Emi Si age, Head of Space at CEiiA, ep ese ti g New Space Allia ces.
“Japa a d Po tugal face commo challe ges a d have highly compleme ta y capabilities. This pa t e ship will b i g compa ies, esea che s a d i vesto s close togethe ,” said F a çois Po ci , COO of SPACETIDE. The MoU was sig ed by Masayasu Ichida, CEO of SPACETIDE.
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