General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. was awarded a $389,000,000 fixed-price incentive contract for the purchase of MQ-1C-25M Gray Eagle Modernized Extended Range systems.
Demcon will deliver the design of the wavefront sensor, a critical component for the adaptive optics of the EAGLE-1 optical ground station.
TNO and Airbus Netherlands B.V. will design and build the optical ground station for the EAGLE-1 mission.
EAGLE-1 will provide mission data intended to support the future deployment of a secure quantum communication infrastructure for the EU (EuroQCI).
Celestia-STS is designing the optical digital modem for EAGLE-1 in collaboration with TNO and TESAT.
The collaboration to design and build the EAGLE-1 optical ground station is jointly funded by the Netherlands Space Office (NSO) and NXTGEN HIGHTECH.
An SES-led consortium of European companies is developing the quantum secure space-based EAGLE-1 system in close collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA).
The EAGLE-1 optical ground station will receive quantum encryption keys from the EAGLE-1 satellite.
Airbus Netherlands B.V. will develop the support technologies, control platform, and implementation for the EAGLE-1 optical ground station.
Demcon will deliver the design of the wave front sensor for the EAGLE-1 ground station adaptive optics.
The EAGLE-1 optical ground station will be able to receive quantum encryption keys from the EAGLE-1 satellite.
Airbus Netherlands B.V. will develop the support technologies, control platform, and implementation for the EAGLE-1 optical ground station.
The TNO–Airbus Netherlands collaboration to design and build the EAGLE-1 optical ground station is jointly funded by the Netherlands Space Office (NSO) and NXTGEN HIGHTECH.
Airbus Netherlands B.V. will develop the support technologies, control platform, and implementation for the EAGLE-1 optical ground station.
Celestia-STS will design the optical digital modem for the EAGLE-1 optical ground station in collaboration with TNO and TESAT.
A contract to develop the optical ground station for EAGLE-1 was signed on 15 November 2023 at the Space Tech Expo in Bremen.
SES leads a consortium of European companies responsible for development of the space-based EAGLE-1 quantum secure system.
Celestia-STS is designing the optical digital modem for the EAGLE-1 ground station in collaboration with TNO and TESAT.
The EAGLE-1 optical ground station will be able to receive quantum encryption keys from the EAGLE-1 satellite.
The EAGLE-1 satellite program is co-funded by the European Space Agency and the European Commission together with the space agencies of Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Czech Republic and industry partners.