As part of a recently awarded contract by the French Defence Procurement Agency (Direction Générale de l’Armement – DGA), led by Airbus Defence and Space and involving satellite operator Eutelsat OneWeb, Greenerwave will play a key role in enhancing military connectivity. The contract marks the culmination of years of development, innovation, and collaboration with the DGA and the French Defence Innovation Agency (AID) and will allow Greenerwave to demonstrate the full potential of its technology. A key objective is to validate its performance in a Satcom on the Move configuration — that is, integrated into a vehicle — using the Ku-band on Eutelsat’s OneWeb constellation.
Delivering High-Performance, Sovereign SATCOM Solutions
This major contract highlights Greenerwave’s unique ability to deliver sovereign, high-performance and resource-efficient solutions tailored to the evolving challenges of military telecommunications. The aim: to improve the French Armed Forces’ Military Connectivity by leveraging Eutelsat OneWeb’s low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation as a complement to the SYRACUSE IV strategic communication system.
Positioning Greenerwave as a Leader in Defence Communications
This partnership positions Greenerwave as a leading technology provider capable of addressing the critical needs of sovereignty, mobility, and resilience required for the most demanding defence operations. At the core of this breakthrough are Greenerwave’s next-generation, multi-orbit user terminals, featuring ultra-low power consumption and minimal reliance on semiconductors — delivering high performance, energy efficiency, and durability.
Innovative Antenna Technology Built for Harsh Environments
Based on a unique passive technology, Greenerwave’s electronically reconfigurable antennas offer a sovereign, agile, and resilient solution to satellite communication demands, including in the most constrained operational environments.
Major Contract Signals Rapid Advancement and Deployment
The contract includes an initial firm order worth €2.8 million for the delivery of a first batch of antennas, enabling rapid deployment to the French forces and early demonstration of Greenerwave’s technology capabilities. This order could be followed by a complementary procurement exceeding €10 million.
Meeting Modern Defense Needs with Agile Connectivity
These technological advancements are fully aligned with the evolution of the Ministry of Armed Forces’ SATCOM systems, designed to meet the growing need for high-speed, low-latency, mobile, and resilient connectivity — anytime and anywhere. As a result, they play a central role in enabling the French Armed Forces’ Military Connectivity across a range of modern defenCe scenarios.
Greenerwave Reinforces France’s Sovereign Tech Capabilities
Geoffroy Lerosey, CEO and co-founder of Greenerwave, states: “We are honored to contribute to this contract with cutting-edge French technology, and proud to actively support the strategic and operational autonomy of our Armed Forces.”
A New Era of Military SATCOM Innovation Through Collaboration
This milestone represents a major step forward for Greenerwave. It also illustrates the DGA and AID’s ability to identify breakthrough innovations from early-stage laboratory research, support and fund their development, and successfully integrate them into large-scale defence programs through collaborations between major industry players and startups.
Eutelsat OneWeb and SYRACUSE IV Secure SATCOM Leadership
Didier Landi, SATCOM Program Director at the DGA, comments: “Connectivity via Eutelsat OneWeb’s LEO constellation today — and Europe’s future IRIS² constellation tomorrow — represents a major strategic priority for the French Armed Forces, complementing the military satellite capabilities of SYRACUSE IV. Large-scale deployment of such connectivity must be achieved at a controlled cost, aligned with the need to scale up resources. Greenerwave’s technology holds great promise in meeting this requirement. With this contract, the DGA is not only strengthening the operational capabilities of the Armed Forces, but also promoting French technological innovation as a credible alternative to foreign tech giants — fully aligned with a war economy approach.”
Expanding Innovation: R&D Contract with Thales
In addition to this flagship contract, Greenerwave has also secured a new R&D contract with defense leader Thales. This initiative aims to validate the performance of a Greenerwave antenna in the Ka-band, this time using the sovereign geostationary military constellation SYRACUSE IV.
