Kongsberg is a leading international technology group that supplies high-tech systems and solutions to customers in the space, defense, aerospace, maritime, oil and gas, and renewable energy industries. Within the space sector, Kongsberg operates through its subsidiaries and divisions, offering services such as satellite ground stations (through Kongsberg Satellite Services, KSAT), manufacturing satellite components, and, more recently, operating its own microsatellites. They provide solutions for connecting space and Earth through satellite data transmission and processing, serving customers like NASA, ESA, and the Norwegian Armed Forces. Key areas include maritime surveillance, Earth observation, and developing technology for space exploration.
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Kongsberg Defence Australia and the Department of Defence established Kongsberg Defence Australia’s first missile factory outside Norway in Newcastle.
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace built three Earth-observation satellites that Norway uses for defense-related purposes.
SatVu has an announced agreement with Kongsberg to integrate SatVu thermal data into Kongsberg’s geospatial and intelligence services.
SatVu has a commercial agreement with Kongsberg to supply thermal data for geospatial and intelligence applications.
In December 2025, Helsing, Kongsberg, and HENSOLDT had already signed a partnership to build a European space-based tactical targeting system.
Helsing, Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, HENSOLDT, and OHB are jointly leading a consortium to develop a space-based tactical surveillance and reconnaissance solution with AI-based targeting.
On 10 December 2025, the German armed forces awarded Helsing and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace a contract to build and deploy a substantial number of small satellites into low Earth orbit for space-based intelligence and surveillance applications.
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace acquired Lithuanian small-satellite manufacturer NanoAvionics in 2022.
Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd and Kongsberg Discovery AS unveiled a new high-precision north-finding navigation device on March 3, 2026.
The SGH03 inductive silicon MEMS gyroscope is the core sensor in the new Kongsberg device.
The collaboration between Silicon Sensing and Kongsberg Discovery was initiated via a strategic agreement in June 2025.
SvalSat in Svalbard is the world’s largest ground station with over 100 antennas and has operated since 1997 under Kongsberg Satellite Services, a joint venture between Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Space Norway.
Kongsberg's Vice President of Small Satellites, Trond Hegrestad, stated that the constellation will consist of a substantial number of small satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
Helsing and Kongsberg are exploring potential integrations of their military-grade systems into broader European defence programmes.
Kongsberg’s KSAT subsidiary will provide the ground segment for the constellation.
Helsing and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace have formed a German-Norwegian partnership to build a large constellation of small satellites for space-based intelligence, surveillance, and targeting applications.
Kongsberg will provide the satellites for the constellation while Helsing will contribute AI software for satellite image analysis.
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Helsing signed a teaming agreement on December 9, 2023, to develop a sovereign, space-based Intelligence, Surveillance, and Targeting constellation by 2029.
Kongsberg will manufacture the satellite platforms under the agreement.
Kongsberg transitioned to a satellite operator and completed its N3X maritime surveillance constellation in June 2025.