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French Armament General Directorate (DGA)

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HyPrSpace plans a debut suborbital test launch in 2025 enabled by access to the DGA missile testing site in Gironde.

Mentioned as: DGATechnical ProductAug 10, 2023Europe’s HyPrSpace and Precious Payload team up as a sort of SpaceX service

The French military's desire to maintain secrecy is likely why the Essaim satellites' orbital parameters remain withheld.

Mentioned as: French Armament General Directorate (DGA)Narrative GeneralJul 24, 2023Another technique to identify “unknown” satellites

Syracuse 4B was built by a consortium of Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space to provide communications for the French military.

Mentioned as: French militaryTechnical ProductJul 10, 2023A crisis and an opportunity for European space access

A consortium led by Airbus and Capgemini has been selected by the French Ministry of the Interior and Overseas territories as the Package 2 integrator for the Réseau Radio du Futur (RRF).

Mentioned as: French Ministry of the Interior and Overseas territoriesTechnical ProductOct 17, 2022French Interior Ministry Selects Airbus, Capgemini for Resilient Broadband

ExoTrail announced a contract in May with the Defence Innovation Agency, which is part of the French Ministry of Defence.

Mentioned as: French Ministry of DefenceOrg RelationshipOct 11, 2022ExoTrail wins contract to demonstrate orbital transfer for French agencies

Airbus has been awarded a 10-year framework agreement called Copernic for the construction and upgrading of part of the ground segment for the telecommunications satellites used by the French Armed Forces.

Mentioned as: french armed forcesOrg RelationshipJun 6, 2022Airbus awarded million€€€ Syracuse IV ground segment contract

The Copernic project aims to increase the operability of Comcept, the multi-satellite communications network designed by Airbus and commissioned by the French armed forces in 2017.

Mentioned as: French Armament General Directorate (DGA)Org RelationshipJun 6, 2022Airbus awarded million€€€ Syracuse IV ground segment contract

The CERES satellites were designed and built by Airbus Defense and Space and Thales for the DGA (French Armament General Directorate).

Mentioned as: DGATechnical ProductNov 17, 2021CERES reconnaissance space system designed by Airbus and Thales successfully launched

The CERES satellites were designed and built by Airbus Defence and Space and Thales for the DGA (French Armament General Directorate).

Mentioned as: French Armament General DirectorateTechnical ProductNov 17, 2021Airbus D&S + Thales Built CERES Satellites Launched By Arianespace

An Arianespace Vega flight on 2021-11-16 delivered the CERES 1, CERES 2, and CERES 3 satellites into orbit for CNES on behalf of the French Ministry for the Armed Forces (DGA).

Mentioned as: French Armament General Directorate (DGA)Org RelationshipNov 17, 2021Arianespace to launch Australian Optus-11 on Ariane 6

The SYRACUSE French military satellite communications program began in 1980 and deployed three generations of satellites built by Thales Alenia Space between 1984 and 2015.

Mentioned as: French Armament General Directorate (DGA)Org RelationshipOct 24, 2021UPDATE 1: Thales Alenia Space Built SES-17 + SYRACUSE 4A Satellites Successfully Launched By Arianespace

SYRACUSE 4A will support NATO and European-led operations and connect French armed forces deployed at sea, in the air, and on the ground.

Mentioned as: French armed forcesOrg RelationshipOct 24, 2021UPDATE 1: Thales Alenia Space Built SES-17 + SYRACUSE 4A Satellites Successfully Launched By Arianespace

The French Defense Procurement Agency awarded the contract to optimize and prepare the full-scale roll-out of the ARTEMIS platform jointly to Atos and Thales on 2021-04-30.

Mentioned as: French Armament General Directorate (DGA)Org RelationshipMay 28, 2021Thales and Atos create European Champion in big data and AI for defense

The Armament General Directorate (DGA) signed an order to purchase eight additional H225M helicopters.

Mentioned as: French Armament General Directorate (DGA)Narrative GeneralApr 16, 2021France orders H225Ms and VSR700 prototype in support of helicopter industry

Airbus has been awarded a 10-year framework agreement called Copernic within the Syracuse IV program for the construction and upgrading of part of the ground segment for the telecommunications satellites used by the French Armed Forces.

Mentioned as: French Armament General Directorate (DGA)Org RelationshipMar 7, 2021Airbus’ First Syracuse IV Initial Order Worth € 100 Million For French Armed Forces

Copernic aims to increase the operability of Comcept, the multi-satellite communications network designed by Airbus and commissioned by the French armed forces in 2017.

Mentioned as: French Armament General Directorate (DGA)Org RelationshipMar 7, 2021Airbus’ First Syracuse IV Initial Order Worth € 100 Million For French Armed Forces

The Copernicus project aims to increase the operability of Comcept, the multi-satellite communications network designed by Airbus and commissioned by the French Armed Forces in 2017.

Mentioned as: french armed forcesTechnical ProductMar 4, 2021Airbus wins its first Syracuse IV ground segment program contract

Within the SYRACUSE IV programme, Airbus was awarded a 10-year framework agreement called Copernicus for the construction and upgrading of part of the ground segment for the telecommunications satellites used by the French Armed Forces.

Mentioned as: French Armament General Directorate (DGA)Org RelationshipMar 4, 2021Airbus wins its first Syracuse IV ground segment program contract

Thales has been chosen by the French defense procurement agency (DGA) to lead a second part of the ground segment of the Syracuse IV satellite communications system for the French armed forces.

Mentioned as: French armed forcesOrg RelationshipFeb 21, 2021French Armed Forces and Thales Expertise to Expand Secure Satellite Communication Capabilities

The French defence procurement agency (DGA) awarded Thales and Airbus a contract for a new joint tactical signals intelligence (SIGINT) system to upgrade French forces’ signals monitoring, direction finding, and spectrum analysis capabilities.

Mentioned as: DGATechnical ProductFeb 12, 2021Airbus selected by French DGA to upgrade France’s joint electronic warfare and armed forces
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