European space companies launch bid for secure satellite network

A team of space and telecommunications companies from across Europe have joined together to bid on the continent’s next-generation constellation of communication satellites. An open consortium led by Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, Hispasat, SES and Thales Alenia Space announced May 2 that they will jointly bid for the European Commission’s Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity, and Security by Satellite (IRISS, also known as IRIS2) constellation, intended to provide a more secure space-based communication system to the bloc by 2027. More

(Source: C4ISRNET - May 3)