The European Space Agency strongly supports detector development in Europe from the gamma ray up to the far-infrared wavelengths. The requirements associated to these detector developments are linked to the spatial environment and the needed instrument performance. This paper reports on the status of these developments, the roadmap and the actual performance of the manufactured devices.

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Pierre-Elie Crouzet, Brian Shortt, Thibaut Prod'homme, and Nick Nelms, "The status of the detector developments supported by the European Space Agency," Proc. SPIE 10709, High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy VIII, 1070904 (Presented at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation: June 10, 2018; Published: 10 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313763.5807231771001.