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The IRIS2 program’s research and development is funded by the European Union and the European Space Agency.
The FIERCE Program provides funding opportunities aimed at SMEs headquartered in the European Union or in associated countries.
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) supports the operational use of Copernicus data in the cultural heritage sector through collaboration with EU institutions, member states, NGOs, international organizations, and research centers.
The European Union will provide a €50 million contribution from the Horizon Europe program to the international Alliance for the period 2026–2027.
The European Union is formalizing a “European Space Shield” as a priority flagship initiative for 2026.
Ocean-related sectors and the blue economy produce €250 billion in gross value added in the European Union.
On March 2, 2026, wolfSSL Inc. transitioned its entire embedded security and cryptographic portfolio to full compliance with the European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act.
Initial CRA reporting mandates take effect on September 11, 2026, requiring manufacturers to notify the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) of any actively exploited vulnerabilities within 24 hours of discovery.
Canada became the first non-European country integrated into the European Union’s €150-billion Security Action for Europe (SAFE) defence-financing architecture.
The Cyprus presidency of the European Union (until June) served as the political framework for the agreement on the Hellas Sat 5 optical communications project.
Indra Group participates in NATO and European Union strategic initiatives such as the Discretion program and the maritime exercises Repmus to integrate space-based quantum and communications technologies into military use cases.
The IRIS² constellation is planned to consist of 290 satellites in low and medium Earth orbit to provide secure 5G connectivity across the European Union.
The cooperation agreement was signed during a ceremony at the Battlefield Redefined 2026 conference in Nicosia, Cyprus, an event co-organized with the European Commission’s DG DEFIS during the Cypriot presidency of the European Union.
IRIS² was conceived by the European Union to strengthen strategic autonomy in space telecommunications.
GOVSATCOM is a mechanism through which European Union member states with encrypted satellite communications capacity pool those resources with support from the European Union to provide secure institutional-level services.
IRIS² is a European Union program conceived as a multi-orbit constellation dedicated to secure connectivity.
The €10.6 billion SpaceRISE consortium is entering the final procurement phase of the European Union’s IRIS² program.
The European Union committed to covering around 60% of the projected €10.6 billion cost of IRIS2.
Eutelsat committed €2 billion to the European Union’s IRIS2 secure communications constellation.
The European Union mobilized $178 billion for its SAFE initiative.