EVENT / PUBLIC SOURCE RECORD
Aerospace, New Space & Dual-Use Trade Mission to Toulouse, France
- The ended delegation took place June 8–9, 2026. Innovation Norway organised it with the French-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Paris. The event page links to Defence and Space and provides Pierre Marcantoni (Senior Advisor; pierre.marcantoni@innovationnorway.no) as a contact.
- The page describes Toulouse as a major European space hub, citing France’s roughly €3 billion annual public space budget, about half of Europe’s space-industry turnover, and around 16,000 regional space jobs. It names CNES, Airbus Defence and Space, and Thales Alenia Space, alongside NewSpace startups and scale-ups. It notes France–Norway cooperation agreements in June 2025 and a renewed letter of intent on March 24, 2026.
- The mission was presented as a route for Norwegian firms in materials, components, subsystems, software, data, and applications to meet customers, partners, and programmes across the space value chain, with market insight, business-development, and scaling opportunities.
- June 8’s French-Norwegian Forum on Space & Dual Use cooperation was at La Cité, 55 Avenue Louis Breguet, Toulouse. The schedule included registration and coffee; opening remarks by Occitanie vice-president Thierry Cotelle and Ambassador Vegar Brynildsen; a NATO Space Center of Excellence keynote by Colonel Sylvain Debarre and Michele Jamrozik; ecosystem presentations by AD’OCC, Aerospace Valley, Club Galaxie, Thales Alenia Space, and Mercator Ocean; a coffee break; a French-Norwegian subsea infrastructure project presentation by Sopra Steria’s Olivier Balet; a Norwegian space-sector presentation by Norwegian Space Cluster’s Robin Løvslett; a cooperation panel with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, ONERA, and Aerospace Valley; pitches by Lilaas, SpacePort Norway, Salia, SpaceLab, Widenorth, PaleBlue, SINTEF, UiO, and eOdyn & SIMULA; closing remarks; then a networking cocktail at the Consular Palace.
- June 9 was an industrial visit day: Airbus Defence & Space (Astrolabe, Space Systems and Connected Intelligence briefings, Earth-observation products and use cases), Look Up Space, and CNES. The agenda included a 07:00 meeting at Place du Capitole, 08:00–12:00 Airbus visits/presentations, lunch and Look Up Space at 12:15, CNES at 13:30, and programme end at 17:00.
- Participation terms require ESG-aligned responsible business, adherence to the UN Guiding Principles and OECD Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct, and due diligence to identify and mitigate adverse impacts.