PARIS — Europe’s planned multibillion-euro Iris2 multi-orbit secure communications constellation lost its most ardent promoter with the resignation of Thierry Breton as the European Commission’s lead for defense and space affairs.
As cumbersome as Breton might have been in the eyes of other commissioners, and in particular Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, few would contest that it was Breton who pushed Iris2 from the idea to a program that won 2.4 billion euros ($2.7 billion) in funding from the Commission and an additional . . .
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