{"id":1779,"date":"2026-03-20T12:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/redwire-space-awarded-belgian-defence-contract-to-build-matteo-national-security-satellite\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:05:32","slug":"redwire-space-awarded-belgian-defence-contract-to-build-matteo-national-security-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/redwire-space-awarded-belgian-defence-contract-to-build-matteo-national-security-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"Redwire Space Awarded Belgian Defence Contract to Build MATTEO National Security Satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Redwire Corporation, a global leader in space and defence technology solutions, announced it has been awarded a prime contract by Belgian Defence to build and deliver the country\u2019s first national security satellite that will provide secure, resilient, and independent access to critical space-based services aimed at and in support of national defence priorities. The mission\u2014known as MATTEO is commissioned by the Belgian Federal Government and is fully funded by Belgian Defence. MATTEO will be built in-country, leveraging and supporting Belgium\u2019s National Defence Industrial Technology Base strategy. Redwire and Aerospacelab will jointly develop MATTEO. The mission combines Redwire’s space mission heritage and proven track record of mission assurance with Aerospacelab’s satellite manufacturing expertise. MATTEO will enhance Belgium’s ability to monitor, protect, and respond to evolving regional and global security challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cMATTEO represents a significant advancement for Belgium\u2019s technological sovereignty and national security, and Redwire is honored to be trusted to deliver on a mission of such strategic importance,\u201d said <\/em>Marc Dielissen, Executive Vice President of Redwire Europe<\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis in-orbit demonstrator (IOD) will allow Belgian Defence, in close cooperation with national industry, to benefit from cutting-edge technology for the next steps of its capability development in the Space domain,\u201d said Belgian Defence spokesperson<\/strong>. \u201cWe are delighted to rely on a strong and promising partnership, able to strengthen the national Defence Industrial and Technology Base for the space segment. In these times of global tensions and of a new European awareness, it is a strong and univocal signal. It is necessary to arm ourselves to face the increased challenges in terms of defence, and MATTEO will fully contribute to this necessary shift.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Redwire\u2019s facility in Belgium has more than 50 years of heritage successfully developing spacecraft platforms and delivering innovative technology for game-changing European programs. Most notably, every spacecraft used for ESA\u2019s Proba-1, Proba-2, Proba-V and Proba-3 missions have been designed, developed and\/or integrated at Redwire\u2019s Belgium facility. Redwire is also taking full advantage of its European heritage as the prime contractor for ESA\u2019s Skimsat mission, a technology demonstrator satellite that will fly in Very Low Earth Orbit with primary support from the Belgian government and its Ministry of Defence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Redwire Corporation, a global leader in space and defence technology solutions, announced it has been awarded a prime contract by Belgian Defence to build and deliver the country\u2019s first national security satellite that will provide secure, resilient, and independent access to critical space-based services aimed at and in support of national defence priorities. The mission\u2014known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,20,71],"class_list":["post-1779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-satellite","tag-space-mission"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}