{"id":44932,"date":"2026-03-04T07:26:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=44932"},"modified":"2026-03-04T07:26:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:26:41","slug":"gov-commit-30m-to-help-develop-uk-leo-satellite-broadband-and-related-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/gov-commit-30m-to-help-develop-uk-leo-satellite-broadband-and-related-tech.html","title":{"rendered":"Gov Commit \u00a330m to Help Develop UK LEO Satellite Broadband and Related Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The government has today committed a further \u00a330m of public investment from the UK Space Agency\u2019s 4-year \u00a3160m <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/08\/160m-gov-fund-may-fuel-future-uk-5g-and-broadband-satellites.html\">Connectivity in Low Earth Orbit<\/a> (C-LEO) programme, which will be used to develop new <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-119 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"satellite\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_satellite.php\">satellite<\/a> technologies and components to help supply &#8220;<em>high-speed internet, communications and data services<\/em>&#8221; around the world.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Regular readers might recall that the government has been quite busy in this area. For example, they originally committed <del>\u00a316m<\/del> \u00a318m to a first round of three projects under C-LEO at the start of 2025 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/02\/government-invests-16m-to-help-develop-leo-broadband-satellite-tech.html\">here<\/a>) &#8211; these will continue for two more years, developing user terminals, active antennas and on-board regenerative processors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> The C-LEO programme awards funding through two different routes. Some grants are awarded directly by the UK Space Agency, with further contracts from ESA.<\/div>\n<p>Since then, the government has separately also invested \u00a3155m to develop alternative ways of delivering accurate Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) solutions to complement GPS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/11\/gov-invest-155m-to-improve-uk-wireless-and-satellite-navigation-signals.html\">here<\/a>) &#8211; supporting everything from mobile (<a class=\"shortlink shortlink-116 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"4g\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_mobile.php\">4G<\/a>\/<a class=\"shortlink shortlink-166 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"5G Mobile Technology\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_mobile.php\">5G<\/a>) signals to in-car Sat Nav &#8211; and have put \u00a36.9m toward better <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-119 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"satellite\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_satellite.php\">satellite<\/a> optical links and 5G NTN solutions (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/11\/government-invests-6-9m-in-next-gen-uk-satellite-optical-links-and-5g-ntn.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The second found of \u00a330m in C-LEO funding being released today similarly aims to back new projects to develop advanced technologies that are essential to the future of connectivity. &#8220;<em>With the global market currently worth around \u00a340 billion and growing at over 10% annually, driven by demand for services such as navigation and positioning, broadband internet, weather forecasting, and maritime and aviation tracking, there is a significant opportunity for UK companies to capture a greater share. These technologies are also vital for defence and national security<\/em>,&#8221; said the announcement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>UK Space Minister, Liz Lloyd, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Space is now the cornerstone of our modern economy. Satellite constellations have revolutionised how we operate, digitalising industries, optimising logistics and connecting all corners of the globe.<\/p>\n<p>This new funding will support the development of smarter satellites with better hardware, the use of AI to make data delivery faster and improved connections between spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p>This is part of the government\u2019s commitment to keeping UK companies at the forefront of satellite communications, delivering economic growth and strengthening our defence and national security.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The government hopes the new programme will support the next generation of advanced satellite capabilities, such as &#8220;<em>enabling faster processing of information, lower latency and greater assurance for where UK data lands and is held<\/em>&#8220;. Applications for the new funding are now open (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/uk-space-agency-c-leo-call-2-artes-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>) and will remain accessible until 13th April 2026 &#8211; individual applications for UK Space Agency funding are expected to be a minimum of \u00a33,000,000. 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