Plane maker Airbus and French technology company Greenerwave have strengthened their partnership in satellite communications through two more contracts.

Following the first contract announced at last year’s Paris Air Show, Airbus and Greenerwave have expanded their collaboration with two additional contracts with a total value of several million euros.

Through these agreements, Airbus Defence & Space is enhancing its end-to-end satellite communications by leveraging Greenerwave’s flat-panel antennas, recognised for their multi-orbit capability and low power consumption. This enables flexible, easily deployable, reliable and resource-efficient communications across demanding environments.

“The strengthening of our partnership with Airbus Defence & Space marks a major milestone for Greenerwave,” said Geoffroy Lerosey, president of Greenerwave. “It demonstrates the relevance of our satellite communications in demanding environments, where performance, energy efficiency and flexibility have become strategic requirements. These new contracts also reflect our tangible contribution to French and European technological sovereignty.”

Eric Even, senior vice president at Airbus (www.airbus.com), added: “Together, we will offer an end-to-end and disruptive solution, enhancing the capabilities of the French armed forces. Through this collaboration, we guarantee them secure and resilient access to critical data, regardless of the operational situation and in all environments – air, land, sea. This alliance illustrates our shared commitment to placing innovation and technological sovereignty at the heart of our missions.”

One of these contracts falls within the Copernic procurement contract, a ten-year framework agreement led by the French Defence Procurement Agency, aimed at providing the French armed forces with sovereign, flexible and resilient satellite communications.

Greenerwave (www.greenerwave.com) has operations in Paris, Toulouse and Sophia Antipolis and is a pioneer in satellite communications user terminals, leveraging expertise in electromagnetic wave control. At the core of its technology lie reconfigurable intelligent surfaces combined with physics-inspired algorithms that enable efficient, dynamic, real-time steering of signal-carrying waves. This approach allows the company to design electronically steerable antennas that deliver high-performance connectivity while reducing energy consumption and reliance on semiconductors.