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The European Commission signed the Copernicus.2 contract with EUMETSAT for €735 million over seven years.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipJul 26, 2021Eumetsat signs $866 million Sentinel contract with European Commission

EUMETSAT will become the largest operator of the Copernicus program’s Sentinel satellite missions under an agreement signed with the European Commission.

Mentioned as: European CommissionOrg RelationshipJul 25, 2021EUMETSAT Becomes The Largest Operator Of Sentinel Missions

The Copernicus 2.0 agreement signed by the European Commission and EUMETSAT extends funding to the WEkEO Copernicus Data and Information Access Service for the next seven years.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralJul 25, 2021EUMETSAT Becomes The Largest Operator Of Sentinel Missions

Luxembourg was among the first seven European Union member states to participate in EuroQCI after the European Commission launched the initiative in June 2019.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralJul 16, 2021SES spearheading quantum technology encryption network for Luxembourg

Airbus is leading a consortium to develop EuroQCI under a 15-month study contract awarded by the European Commission.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipJul 16, 2021SES spearheading quantum technology encryption network for Luxembourg

The European Commission adopted legislation mandating that all new passenger and commercial vehicles in the European Union must be equipped with ISA by July 2022.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipJul 8, 2021TomTom’s Virtual Horizon to solve automakers’ speed assistance requirements

The European Commission and the European Space Agency signed the Financial Framework Partnership Agreement (FFPA) in a ceremony 2021-06-22 in Brussels.

Mentioned as: european commissionOrg RelationshipJun 23, 2021EU and ESA proclaim “fresh start” in space cooperation

The Rovial project is designed to support the European Commission digitization priority by incorporating advanced software engineering and satellite and terrestrial technologies to provide efficient, reliable, and low-cost services.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralJun 14, 2021An Independent, European-Centric SATCOM Constellation Plan Initiated By ROVIAL SAS

The Rovial project is designed to support the European Commission Green Deal by offering a highly scalable constellation capable of delivering early services with as few as eight satellites.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralJun 14, 2021An Independent, European-Centric SATCOM Constellation Plan Initiated By ROVIAL SAS

Airbus secured a contract from the European Commission on 2021-05-31 to lead a consortium to study a quantum technology-powered network for Europe.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipJun 11, 2021Governments ally for federated quantum encryption satellite network

The European Commission selected Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space on 2021-01-20 to construct 12 second-generation Galileo navigation satellites.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipJun 1, 2021ESA, Airbus sign long-delayed Galileo contract after court ruling

The European Space Agency signed a 700-million-euro contract with Airbus Defence and Space on 2021-05-26 for six second-generation Galileo satellites on behalf of the European Commission.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipJun 1, 2021ESA, Airbus sign long-delayed Galileo contract after court ruling

The European Commission awarded an Airbus-led consortium a contract to study a quantum technology-powered network called EuroQCI.

Mentioned as: European CommissionTechnical ProductJun 1, 2021Europe picks EuroQCI satellite quantum communications consortium

The study will support the European Commission in designing an advanced QCI testing and validation infrastructure including standards.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative PlanMay 31, 2021A consortium of European digital players to design the future EU quantum internet

Since June 2019, 26 Member States have signed the EuroQCI Declaration to work together with the European Commission and the European Space Agency towards developing a quantum communication infrastructure covering the whole EU.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralMay 31, 2021A consortium of European digital players to design the future EU quantum internet

The European Commission selected a consortium led by Airbus to study the design of the future European quantum communication network, EuroQCI.

Mentioned as: European CommissionTechnical ProductMay 31, 2021A consortium of European digital players to design the future EU quantum internet

The European Commission study contract awarded in December 2020 is worth 7,100,000 EUR and will last one year.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipMay 26, 2021EU sees conflict of interest with Eutelsat’s investment in OneWeb

Eutelsat is part of an industry consortium that received a European Commission study contract in December 2020 to examine the feasibility of a European satellite constellation.

Mentioned as: European CommissionOrg RelationshipMay 26, 2021EU sees conflict of interest with Eutelsat’s investment in OneWeb

Orolia has been selected by the European Commission and the European Space Agency to provide the core GNSS simulation engine for the Galileo Second Generation RF Constellation Simulator (G0.002 kg RFCS).

Mentioned as: european commissionTechnical ProductMay 18, 2021Orolia selected to deliver the next generation Galileo GNSS simulator

Thales Alenia Space has been selected by the European Space Agency on behalf of the European Commission in the Horizon 2020 Satellite Navigation Program (HSNAV) to develop the Advanced Orbit Determination and Time Synchronization (A-OATP) Algorithms Test Platform.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipApr 18, 2021Thales Alenia Space’s New Key Contract To Develop Galileo’s Second Generation
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