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ESA Awards €20M in Contracts to Study Future IRIS2 Services
European SpaceflightSeptember 18, 2026

ESA Awards €20M in Contracts to Study Future IRIS2 Services

The European Space Agency has awarded 18 contracts worth a combined €20 million to study potential future evolutions of the European Union’s IRIS2 secure communications service. Signed on 17 September, the contracts bring together nearly 80 European companies to study new satellite-based secure connectivity services and associated mission concepts. According to ESA, the solutions will […]