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Tour of French New Space 2023: FLORE, Hyp4U and state policy

2 November 2023 gosnoldLeave a comment

Let us finish this series on 2023 French newspace, by touching upon the small satellites services the armed forces are procuring, namely the FLORE SIGINT satellite, the Hyp4U hyperspectral one, and the policy behind these choices.

Posted in Commercial, France, National reconnaissance systems, Signal Intelligence, Tour of French New Space 2023Tagged DGA, France, HYP4U, Hyperspectral, Keraunos, NESS, ROEM, SIGINT, smallsat, Sophia Engineering, Unseen labs

IRIS² procurement challenges, or David versus Goliath

21 June 202321 June 2023 gosnold1 Comment

The Paris Air Forum started with a conference on the IRIS² secure communications constellation. It led to a frank exchange of views between the startups, the established space players and the european commission.

Posted in Commercial, Contested Space, OtherTagged constellation, DEFIS, EU, Exotrail, Hispasat, IRIS², ISAR aerospace, SES, Unseen labs