ESA VDES Arctic System Study
Invests research teams and institutions for ESA VDES Arctic System Study in space technology and defense innovation.
The ESA VDES Arctic System Study 2026 is a single-award contract commissioned under ESA's ARTES 4S programme line ('Space Systems for Safety and Security'), co-funded by the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science (UFSN). UFSN allocated EUR 425,000 from Denmark's EUR 1.7 million contribution to the ARTES 4S line agreed at ESA's Ministerial Conference in Bremen in November 2025. The study's …
System study on satellite-based VHF Data Exchange System (VDE-SAT) for Arctic communications, under ESA ARTES 4S programme line.
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