France's defence minister ParlyFlorence Parly plans to spend more than €4.3bn ($4.8bn) by 2025 on upgrading the country's Syracuse military communications satellite network. Under the programme, next-generation nanosatellites fitted with cameras will be developed to identify adversaries, followed by a subsequent wave of satellites equipped with lasers. Swarms of nanosatellites able to protect strategic objects are set to be in place by 2030, said Florence Parly, along with the capability to quickly replace lost satellites.
France's defence minister Florence Parly plans to spend more than €4.3bn ($4.8bn) by 2025 on upgrading the country's Syracuse military communications satellite network. Under the programme, next-generation nanosatellites fitted with cameras will be developed to identify adversaries, followed by a subsequent wave of satellites equipped with lasers. Swarms of nanosatellites able to protect strategic objects are set to be in place by 2030, said Parly, along with the capability to quickly replace lost satellites.