The Ministry of Defense of Poland and Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, have signed a 10-year contract worth approximately 30 million euros to provide Italian Sicral 1B space capacity in UHF frequency band.

Telespazio has acquired the rights of commercialization of the military satellite, which is the property of Italian Ministry of Defense, due to its investment aimed to co-fund the final phase of the Program. The contract signed with the Polish Ministry of Defense represents for Telespazio another step forward in the implementation of its strategy to become a niche MILSATCOM Operator and Service Provider.