The squadron's initial focus will be on monitoring, analyzing and understanding space activity to safeguard national and international interests.

Launch of air force space unit is “important signal” that New Zealand is taking space security ‘seriously,’ says Defense ...

The Royal New Zealand Air Force has established its first dedicated space unit, within a squadron that hasn't been active ...

The Royal New Zealand Air Force has established its first dedicated space unit, within a squadron that hasn’t been active ...

No. 62 Squadron was reactivated at a formal ceremony at RNZAF Base Auckland today. Originally active during World War II, the ...

New Zealand will have in place by July legislation regulating operators of ground-based space infrastructure, aimed at deterring foreign interference, the country’s Space Minister Judith Collins ...

The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has established its first unit – No 62 Squadron – dedicated to space operations.

The Royal New Zealand Air Force has established its first dedicated space unit with the reactivation of the No. 62 Squadron today, Defence Minister ...

The new regulations, which were flagged at the end of 2024, come after New Zealand’s intelligence service raised concerns last September that some foreign entities had tried to establish space ...