Europe’s IRIS2 Enters Next Phase of Development

IRIS² team

Iris2 partners (left to right): Adel al Saleh, CEO of SES; Timo Personen, European Commission director-general for defense industry and space; Eva Berneke, CEO of Eutelsat Group; Andrius Kublius, European commissioner for defense and space; Josef Aschbacher, director-general of the European Space Agency (ESA); Laurent Jaffart, ESA director for connectivity and secure communications; Miguel Ángel Panduro, CEO of Hispasat.

Credit: European Space Agency
The European program to develop a home-grown, secure satellite communications constellation has entered its full-scale implementation phase. The IRIS 2 (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite) program formally kicked off in December after years of preparatory...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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