Prior notice · Belgium
Belgian MoD request for information: GALO sovereign LEO all-weather Earth observation constellation
Ministère de la Défense · published 11 Jun 2026 · auto-extracted, not yet reviewed · Source ↗
Deadline—
Budget / value—
Statusforthcoming
CPV35631200
Why it matters
Belgium is signalling intent to build its own all-weather (likely SAR) LEO ISR constellation, an early-stage market consultation before any tender — relevant to SAR/optical smallsat builders, ground-segment and tasking-software firms, and launch/integration primes with Belgian footprint.
Do this: Respond to the RFI via the Belgian MoD contact on the TED notice with your SAR/EO smallsat, ground segment or data-exploitation capability statement, and ask for the GALO timeline and any planned industry day.
Route: direct bid · For: BD / bid leads at defence-tech scale-upsPrimes & integratorsEstablished SME suppliers & subsystem makers
Belgium's Ministère de la Défense has published a request for information (RFI) on TED for the GALO project — Global, All Weather, Low-Earth Orbit Observation System. The stated scope is the development of a sovereign satellite constellation. No budget, deadline or procurement pr…
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