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"We also give them the ability to not be under the control of a singular individual who could decide to disconnect
French-U.K. Starlink rival pitches Canada on 'sovereign' satellite service for Arctic military operations
Murray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: Jan 09, 2026 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 10 hours ago
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/satellite-eutelsat-starlink-musk-defence-communications-9.7038830
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, is seen holding an Eutelsat satellite. He pitched Prime Minister Mark Carney last year on a project involving the company, which is partly owned by the French government.
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Eutelsat, a rival to tech billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink, already provides some services to the Canadian military, but wants to deepen the partnership as Canada looks to diversify defence contracts away from suppliers in the United States.
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"What we can provide for Canada is what we call a sovereign capacity capability where Canada would actually own all of our capacity in the Far North or wherever they require it," said David van Dyke, the general manager for Canada at Eutelsat, in a recent interview with CBC News.
"We also give them the ability to not be under the control of a singular individual who could decide to disconnect the service for political or other reasons."