SAR Satellites to be Delivered to the Polish Armed Forces
ICEYE Signs Agreement for Three Spacecraft
An agreement has been signed between the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Poland and ICEYE to deliver the Polish Armed Forces with an initial batch of three SAR satellites. The agreement also includes an option to purchase three more satellites and additional ground segment capabilities in the next 12 months, all under the Polish Armed Forces' MikroSAR program.
"This is a great day for the Polish Armed Forces and Poland, because they are gaining full independence in radar reconnaissance and imaging."
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
As part of the agreement, ICEYE will also partner with local industry to provide the Polish Armed Forces with a mobile Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform that provides near real-time tasking, data downloads, and analysis. The total value of the agreement is approximately €200 million (≈$224 million).
The implementation of the agreement commences immediately. This agreement further solidifies ICEYE's position as the leading provider of SAR satellites for military and civilian applications worldwide. ICEYE's SAR satellites enable continuous monitoring of points of interest on the Earth's surface regardless of the time of day and weather conditions.
"ICEYE is proud to strengthen defense capabilities in Poland with cutting-edge SAR satellites. Our advanced, operationally proven satellite system provides actionable intelligence for resilience, readiness, and response, and enables informed and rapid decision-making in an increasingly complex and uncertain world. As a European provider, ICEYE is ideally positioned and ready to provide sovereign reconnaissance systems for ISR activities. The ICEYE system is engineered to also enable sharing capacity and cross-tasking with other nations, if so desired, to optimize the use of the combined fleets for enhancing collective space defense capabilities of European and allied nations," said Rafał Modrzewski, CEO and Co-founder of ICEYE.
"This is a great day for the Polish Armed Forces and Poland, because they are gaining full independence in radar reconnaissance and imaging. We are proud that a Pole founded a company like ICEYE. We are also certain that we are acquiring the absolute best capabilities in the world. Freedom and independence will only be defended by sovereignty and innovation, and the applications of the technology acquired today have military significance, but also economic applications," said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Republic of Poland.