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• Rachel Jewett
Eutelsat reported that revenue from its OneWeb constellation rose 30% year over year in the first quarter of its fiscal year, despite lower terminal sales. The company has set a 10B revenue target for OneWeb covering 2032 to 2040; the available report does not specify the target’s currency or whether it is cumulative.
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Eutelsat reported that revenue from its OneWeb constellation rose 30% year over year in the first quarter of its fiscal year, despite lower terminal sales. The company has set a 10B revenue target for OneWeb covering 2032 to 2040; the available report does not specify the target’s currency or whether it is cumulative.
Ukraine has completed its contribution to Freyja, a multinational ballistic-missile defense effort involving Kyiv and European partners. The system’s next step depends on partner components, leaving integration and deployment contingent on their delivery.
France’s first Falcon 8X Archange signals intelligence aircraft has arrived at Évreux for military testing. The program’s delivery timetable now points to 2028–2029, marking a step toward fielding a new airborne intelligence capability for the French armed forces.
MDA Space has agreements with Thales Alenia Space to begin digital antenna work for 66 satellites in Europe’s IRIS² secure-connectivity program. Separately, ESI Motion is supplying solar array drive electronics to Lockheed Martin for the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture programs.
Slovakia’s top prosecutor has ordered a new investigation into the previous government’s donation of MiG-29 fighters and air defense systems to Ukraine. The move revives a probe that was closed earlier this year, putting the politically contentious transfer of military equipment back under scrutiny.
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CNES has started ground qualification testing of Callisto, a reusable rocket demonstrator, in French Guiana. The campaign precedes a first flight planned for 2027; the available report does not specify test objectives, vehicle capabilities or the partners involved.
European Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis announced that the EU’s first hubs for unmanned and counter-unmanned aircraft technology will be located in Latvia and the Netherlands. The announcement came at a NATO event, as European institutions and allies focus on developing drone capabilities and countermeasures.
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