en.Wedoany.com Reported - French deep-tech company Greenerwave and satellite service provider Telespazio France signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Paris on May 6, 2026. Under the agreement, the latter will distribute Greenerwave's multi-orbit, low-power satellite communication terminals in the defense and government markets of several European countries, including France and the United Kingdom. The Leonardo Group, to which Telespazio France belongs, announced the news in the same official statement.
According to the agreement, Telespazio France will leverage its channel network in the European defense and government markets to bring Greenerwave's terminals, compatible with both Geostationary Orbit and Low Earth Orbit, to multiple security sectors. Pierre Glatt, Sales Director of Telespazio France, explicitly stated that incorporating Greenerwave's antenna technology will enrich its portfolio of "European-made" satellite communication solutions and further consolidate the company's core positioning as a trusted operator in mission-critical communications.
Geoffroy Lerosey, CEO and co-founder of Greenerwave, stated that this partnership marks a key milestone for the large-scale deployment of sovereign, energy-efficient, and highly resilient satellite communication solutions to European institutional users. Lerosey emphasized that European technological autonomy in the field of satellite communications is Greenerwave's core mission, and Telespazio's strong position in the government and defense markets precisely constitutes the terminal channel for implementing this mission.
Founded in 2015 by Geoffroy Lerosey, a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, and Mathias Fink, a professor at the School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry of the City of Paris, Greenerwave uses "Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces" (RIS) as its core technological barrier. This technology eliminates reliance on traditional mechanical moving parts through electromagnetic wave control, achieving high-precision beamforming while maintaining low terminal power consumption and low semiconductor dependency. Its Ku-band terminals have entered the practical application phase, and Ka-band terminals are expected to be commercialized by 2027.
This agreement is not the first collaboration between Greenerwave and Telespazio France. Previously, Greenerwave had been included in the European Defence Agency's EU SATCOM Market framework through Telespazio France's catalogue. This distribution agreement builds on that foundation, advancing the cooperation from product showcasing to scaled market deployment.
Telespazio France is the French subsidiary of Telespazio, a satellite services company under Italy's Leonardo Group. Headquartered in Toulouse, it has over 30 years of experience in satellite communication services, ground system integration, and space operations. The group also holds a stake in Syracuse IV, a military communication satellite operator jointly established by Italy and France, and has long provided satellite communication infrastructure and services to French and European armed forces.
Regarding regional deployment, both parties clarified that the agreement prioritizes the French, UK, and broader European markets, targeting key sectors with sovereign connectivity needs, including government, defense, and security. The "sovereign" terminals referred to in this agreement mean that all core technologies, hardware, and software are designed and manufactured within the European Union, independent of non-EU country supply chain systems. Through this agreement, Telespazio France expands its front-end business, previously focused on satellite services and system integration, into proprietary hardware distribution, while Greenerwave gains a formal channel into the government and defense procurement systems of countries like the UK and France.
Greenerwave's RIS antennas have completed field trials with the French Army's Technical Section (STAT). In 2025, multiple contracts were signed with the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA), with the first batch of Ku-band terminals, valued at approximately €2.8 million, already in the delivery phase, and subsequent Ka-band orders expected to exceed €10 million. In the same year, Greenerwave jointly developed a Ka-band LEO connectivity terminal for commercial aviation with Safran Cabin, and reached several cooperation agreements with Airbus Defence and Space on military communication antennas.
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