The European Secure Space Connectivity Stack
IRIS², GOVSATCOM, and the industrial architecture of European sovereign connectivity
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About this report
The European Union is building a secure-connectivity architecture in space that cannot be understood as a conventional space-sector story or as a simple catalogue of satellite companies. Its real significance lies in the combination of binding law, public control, pooled national capacity, concession-based industrial execution, terrestrial governance, and future orbital infrastructure.
IRIS² and GOVSATCOM together form the institutional and operational framework through which Europe is seeking to reduce dependence on external providers for sensitive governmental communications while creating a layered industrial base around orbital services, sovereign system integration, ground…
Key questions this report answers
- How do IRIS-squared and GOVSATCOM form a staged institutional and operational framework for European secure space connectivity?
- What is the legal architecture and public-control model underpinning the secure-connectivity stack, and how does concession-based industrial execution work?
- Who forms the verified industrial core, and what are the limits of public workshare evidence and the remaining sovereignty gaps in the open layers?
- What is the industrial-financial meaning of reducing European dependence on external providers for sensitive governmental communications?
Inside this report
- Legal architecture and public control
- GOVSATCOM and IRIS² as a staged system
- A layered architecture rather than a company list
- The verified industrial core and the limits of public workshare evidence
- The open layers and the remaining sovereignty gaps
- Industrial-financial meaning for Defence Finance Monitor
Who it's for
Strategy, corporate-development and investment teams that need an ecosystem-level view — budgets, industrial capacity and technology landscapes — before committing capital or capacity.
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