Eutelsat has signed a 10-year contract with French servicemen

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French servicemen signed a 10-year contract with the state-backed satellite provider as part of a program that spends up to one billion euros in communication services throughout the forces.

Announcement during Paris Air Show on Thursday will be a shot in the arm Eutelsat Just as in the threshold of a new capital to attend the French government. The shares increased by about 11 percent in the middle of the mid-morning in Paris.

Liability for the use of French servicemen in low Eutelsat satellites In the coming years, an expensive investment push will be openly back. It will go to EUTSAT, which is more than 1 billion euros allocated to military communication services.

Eutelsat, pushing it Set up a European opponent Elon Musk is negotiating with leading investors for financing and capital by Starlink. Bharti Global, which has 11 percent of India, which is 11 percent of the shareholders, includes the British government, which is global global, but also supported the Satellite Service with the Global Container Shipping Group in 2020.

Oneweb has the second largest horoscope, with about 650 satellites, in compared to more than 7,000 of Starlink. However, in the coming years, they must replace many, and at the same time, a project known as an IRIS² should be invested in a project known to the end of the decade.

The program “Aims to develop a minor program, just as it is expanded to expand, to expand the range of potential military applications.” In addition, the iris² saw the French support for the zodiac sign, as the main element of the region’s sovereignty and independence.

EUTELSAT CEO JEAN-François Flamder stressed the most important role of low ground orbit potential in meeting the requirements of the Armed Forces.