Sivers Semiconductors awarded ESA contract for SATCOM BFICs

Sivers Semiconductors AB secured an 18-month development contract from the European Space Agency valued at approximately USD $900,000, a move the company framed as strengthening its role in European Satellite Communications (Satcom).

The Electrical Substation Automation (ESA) initiative aimed to advance broad-market Satcom beamforming integrated circuits by targeting improved energy efficiency and performance, and the program was presented as building on Sivers Semiconductors' existing technology roadmap.

The contract supported development of Millimeter Wave (mmWave) BFICs and examined phased-array elements, including combinations of active and passive beamforming architectures and antenna-feeding mechanisms, with the stated objective of reducing power consumption and complexity in beamforming networks.

The work under the program addressed approaches to enable more efficient phased arrays and to tackle complexity and power use in user terminals, and the company noted its current-generation Satcom BFICs were scheduled for broad release in Q1 2026.

“As the only EU-based commercial provider of mmWave BFICs for SATCOM and 5G, this award reinforces our position as a key player in the European SATCOM ecosystem,” said Vickram Vathulya, CEO of Sivers Semiconductors. “Being selected for this ESA program highlights Sivers' commitment to advancing Europe's SATCOM innovation,” said Harish Krishnaswamy, Managing Director of the Wireless Business Unit at Sivers Semiconductors.

The contract covered an 18-month program valued at approximately USD $900,000, and the company planned a broad release of its current-generation Satcom BFICs in Q1 2026.