MDA Space Secures IRIS² Role | Aviation Week

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Robert Wall
October 30, 2026

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Credit: MDA Space

Canada’s MDA Space has secured a supplier position on Europe’s flagship IRIS 2 autonomous, secure satellite communications program. The company says it has won a contract with Thales Alenia Space to provide digital antenna subsystems for 66 low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites. The European Union and…

Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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