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# UK MOD awards Airbus GBP 127 million contract for Oberon spy satellites
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-02-10-uk-mod-airbus-oberon-contract/
- Published: 2025-02-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T05:00:45.000Z
- Description: The UK MOD awarded Airbus a GBP 127 million contract to design and build the two satellite Oberon radar imaging constellation at Stevenage and Portsmouth, for its wider ISTARI reconnaissance programme, launch due 2027.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [UK Royal Air Force news release, 10 February 2025](https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/new-satellite-deal-to-boost-military-operations-jobs-and-growth/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that the satellites will launch on schedule or that the constellation grows beyond two units.

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