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EAGLE-1 is developed by a consortium of 20 European organizations led by SES and funded in part by the European Space Agency and the European Commission.

Mentioned as: european commissionNarrative GeneralJun 2, 2023ID Quantique Joins European Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Initiative

Viasat secured all regulatory clearances needed to buy British satellite operator Inmarsat after receiving unconditional approval from the European Commission on 2023-05-25.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipMay 25, 2023Viasat’s Inmarsat acquisition clears all regulatory hurdles

The European Commission unconditionally approved Viasat’s acquisition of Inmarsat on 2023-05-25.

Mentioned as: european commissionNarrative GeneralMay 25, 2023Viasat Acquisition of Inmarsat Proceeds to Close

The demonstrations are part of Flying Forward 2020, a European Commission-funded research project developing Urban Air Mobility infrastructure.

Mentioned as: european commissionNarrative GeneralMay 17, 2023VERSES Expands Autonomous Drone Governance Infrastructure

Simon Kay, Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA), presented the EU climate law goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050.

Mentioned as: european commissionNarrative GeneralMay 15, 2023EAASI Leads Discussions on the Use of Aerial Surveying Data at GWF 2023

The EAGLE-1 project is developed by SES and a consortium of 20 European partners and is co-funded by ESA contributions from Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Czech Republic under ARTES and by the European Commission through Horizon Europe.

Mentioned as: european commissionNarrative GeneralMay 11, 2023SES + TESAT to develop QKD payload for EAGLE-1

The European Commission opened its merger review of the Viasat-Inmarsat deal on 2023-02-13 and expects to make its decision by 2023-06-29.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipMay 9, 2023UK unconditionally approves Viasat’s Inmarsat takeover

A partnership of European space and telecommunications players has formed to respond to the European Commission’s call for tender for the IRIS² satellite constellation.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralMay 9, 2023European space and telecoms players form partnership to bid for IRIS² Constellation

A partnership of European space and telecommunications companies has formed to respond to the European Commission’s call for tender for the IRIS² satellite constellation.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralMay 4, 2023European space + telecoms actors sign partnership agreement to bid for IRIS2 constellation

A partnership of European space and telecommunications players has formed in response to the European Commission's call for tender for the IRIS² satellite constellation.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralMay 3, 2023European Space and Telecom Companies Partner to Bid for IRIS² Satellite Constellation

A partnership of European space and telecommunications players is formed to respond to the European Commission’s call for tender for the IRIS² satellite constellation.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralMay 2, 2023European Space and Telecoms Players Sign Partnership Agreement

The companies leading the current consortium were part of an earlier study group the European Commission chose in 2020 to explore the feasibility of a sovereign constellation that included Arianespace.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralMay 2, 2023European space giants join forces for IRIS²

A group of European space and telecommunications players formed a partnership in response to the European Commission’s tender for the IRIS² satellite constellation.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralMay 2, 2023European Space and Telecoms Players Sign Partnership Agreement to Bid for IRIS² Constellation

Industrialization of ThrustMe’s NPT30-I2 product portfolio is supported by the European Commission via the EU-funded EMBRACE II project.

Mentioned as: European CommissionOrg RelationshipApr 21, 2023Norwegian Space Agency Launches NorSat-TD Satellite with Iodine Electric Propulsion System

Industrialization of ThrustMe’s NPT30-I2 product portfolio is supported by the European Commission via the EU-funded EMBRACE II project.

Mentioned as: European CommissionOrg RelationshipApr 17, 2023The ThrustMe NPT30-I2 iodine electric propulsion system launched on board the NorSat-TD satellite

The European Space Agency, acting on behalf of the European Union Agency for the Space Program (EUSPA) and in the name of the European Union represented by the European Commission, awarded GMV a contract to develop the Galileo Second Generation System Test Bed (G2STB).

Mentioned as: European CommissionTechnical ProductMar 13, 2023EUA and EUSPA award GMV contract to develop Galileo’s Second Generation capabilities

EuroHAPS was selected by the European Commission on 2022-07-20 following a call for collaborative defense research and development projects from the European Defense Fund.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralMar 12, 2023Thales Alenia Space contract received from European Commission for EuroHAPS Project

Under the renewed contract, the consortium will provide the European Commission with on-demand satellite maps of areas affected by natural disasters or humanitarian crises within 2 hours for an initial assessment and a maximum of 10 hours for the complete range of services.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipMar 9, 2023e-GEOS reconfirmed as head of the Emergency Management Service consortium

e-GEOS has been reconfirmed as head of the consortium that provides the Emergency Management Service (EMS) Rapid Mapping for the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre.

Mentioned as: European CommissionOrg RelationshipMar 9, 2023e-GEOS reconfirmed as head of the Emergency Management Service consortium

The European Commission expects to make its decision on the Viasat-Inmarsat transaction by 2023-06-29.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralMar 1, 2023UK provisionally clears Viasat’s Inmarsat acquisition
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