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# France's DGA awards Infinite Orbits EUR 50 million PALADIN contract
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-08-11-france-dga-infinite-orbits-paladin-contract/
- Published: 2025-08-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-16T12:00:27.000Z
- Description: France's Directorate General of Armament notified Infinite Orbits of the PALADIN framework contract, worth up to EUR 50 million, to build a geostationary orbit inspection satellite for France's Space Command, expected ready by 2027.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [European Spaceflight, 12 August 2025](https://europeanspaceflight.com/dga-selects-infinite-orbits-for-e50m-paladin-satellite-inspection-service/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish how much of the EUR 50 million ceiling will actually be drawn down.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-16\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)