GMV is a private international technological business group founded in 1984 that operates in various sectors, including space, aeronautics, defense, and telecommunications. In the space industry, GMV provides products, services, and solutions to space agencies, satellite operators, and manufacturers, offering expertise in ground segment systems, flight dynamics, mission planning, and satellite navigation. They are a key player in the Galileo program, developing ground segment and operations and are a major supplier to ESA and CNES. GMV is also involved in space surveillance and tracking, working to monitor and prevent space debris.
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The Netherlands Space Operations Center, an agency of the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force, will incorporate GMV's technology to strengthen its Space Domain Awareness systems.
The Space Data Association's new Space Safety Portal uses GMV's EcosSSTM technology.
GMV leads the GOVSATCOM Hub effort at the head of a consortium that includes Indra and Hisdesat along with other European partners.
The GOVSATCOM project draws on GMV's experience in space systems and cybersecurity, Indra's role in communications and command-and-control technologies, and Hisdesat's operational track record in secure governmental satellite communications.
In 2024 the European Union Agency for the Space Programme awarded GMV a multi-year contract valued at 107 million euros to lead a European industrial consortium to design, develop, and deploy the GOVSATCOM Hub.
GMV recently delivered the Conocimiento y Control de la Situación Espacial (CCSE) system to the COVE, and the CCSE is based on GMV's Ecosstm software.
The signing ceremony for the surveillance agreement between the Ministry of Defense and GMV was held on a Tuesday and was presided over by Jefe de Estado Mayor del Ejército del Aire y del Espacio (JEMA) General Francisco Braco Carbó.
The Centro de Operaciones y Vigilancia Espacial (COVE) of the Mando del Espacio (Mespa) will gain access to data from GMV's Focusear system under the agreement.
GMV provides Focusear data to civil space surveillance systems such as the EU SST and to satellite operators.
The Ejército del Aire y del Espacio, representing the Spanish Ministry of Defense, signed an agreement with GMV to install a Focusear antenna at the Morón de la Frontera air base in Sevilla for satellite tracking.
The Spanish Ministry of Defense signed an agreement with the multinational technology company GMV to install a satellite-tracking antenna at Base Aérea de Morón.
GMV leads the consortium for the Govsatcom Hub, with consortium members including Indra, Hisdesat, and other European companies.
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) awarded a 2024 contract to GMV, leading a European industrial consortium, to design, develop, and deploy the Govsatcom Hub.
The GOVSATCOM Hub was designed and deployed by a consortium led by GMV in partnership with Indra and Hisdesat.
GMV Poland is responsible for mission analysis and full-system simulation for the project.
A consortium led by Alén Space that includes GMV (Spain and Poland), WideNorth, and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid has been selected by the European Space Agency for a space-based radio-frequency interference detection and monitoring project.
Viasat is supplying satellite bandwidth for the TOUCAN project and is supporting GMV in analyzing innovative TWSTFT technology evolutions.
The GMV-led consortium includes Novaspace, the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), and T4i Technology for Propulsion and Innovation.
A consortium led by Spain’s GMV was given responsibility for building GOVSATCOM’s ground hubs.
GMV collaborated with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) on requirements definition and systems engineering for Orion-related systems.