Försvarsmakten
The Swedish Armed Forces is a government organization that is increasing its role in the space industry, particularly in bolstering national defense and security. The Armed Forces are working to improve space situational awareness and enable satellite launches, demonstrated by the government allocating approximately one billion SEK until 2032 to develop Sweden's space capabilities. They collaborate with entities like the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) to expand infrastructure at the Esrange Space Center and to launch satellites. This includes initiatives to improve military communication, integrate advanced platforms into defense strategies, and ensure access to space services for total defense and crisis preparedness.
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The Swedish Armed Forces (FMV) has a strategic agreement that provides a dedicated satellite suite for Arctic and Baltic surveillance.
The Swedish Armed Forces and Planet reached a multi-year, low-9-figure agreement to deliver a suite of satellites, space-based data, and awareness solutions to support Sweden’s peace and security operations.
ICEYE has secured agreements to deliver sovereign intelligence capabilities to the Swedish Armed Forces.
Revenues from the Swedish Armed Forces agreement are expected to be recognized over several years.
The Swedish Armed Forces now expects the first batch of sovereign Earth Observation satellites to be operational by this year.
The Swedish Armed Forces will allocate 1.3 billion Swedish Kronor (€121.4 million) to purchase 10 surveillance satellites from Planet and ICEYE.
Planet's contract with the Swedish Armed Forces is described as a multi-year low 9-figure contract.
ICEYE announced a multi-million, multi-year agreement with the Swedish Armed Forces for satellite delivery and associated systems.
Planet has signed a contract with the Swedish Armed Forces to deliver satellites and space-based data solutions.
The Swedish military has contracts totaling $141 million with Iceye and Planet Labs.
The Swedish Armed Forces has signed sovereign satellite deals with Planet Labs and Iceye, providing access to dedicated satellites.
The Swedish Armed Forces will own and operate the Iceye SAR system for sovereign control over tasking, data, and operational use.
The project to create a basic satellite launch capability from Esrange aims to provide greater Swedish control and access to the space domain and to increase the robustness of the functions and capabilities that satellites deliver to the Swedish Armed Forces.
The Swedish government decided on 2024-10-04 to allocate approximately one billion SEK to the Swedish Armed Forces until 2032 to develop Sweden’s space capability.
Space Plug and Play Architecture Research CubeSat-1 (SPARC-1) is sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory in cooperation with the Swedish military to test modular spacecraft avionics.