{"id":2620,"date":"2026-03-26T08:59:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/?p=2620"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:00:36","slug":"iceland-signed-agreement-for-govsatcom-and-iris2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/2026\/03\/26\/iceland-signed-agreement-for-govsatcom-and-iris2\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland signed agreement for GOVSATCOM and IRIS2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"46\" height=\"33\" src=\"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ISL.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-377\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00cdsland og Noregur hafa undirrita\u00f0 samning vi\u00f0 Evr\u00f3pusambandi\u00f0 um \u00fe\u00e1ttt\u00f6ku \u00ed GOVSATCOM og \u00e1\u00e6tluninni um \u00f6rugga tengingu, IRIS\u00b2. Samningurinn mun styrkja \u00f6rugga gervihnattatengingu fyrir opinber yfirv\u00f6ld, ney\u00f0ar\u00fej\u00f3nustu, h\u00e6ttustj\u00f3rnun, vi\u00f0br\u00f6g\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hamf\u00f6rum, loftslagseftirlit og umhverfisvernd, einkum \u00e1 afskekktum sv\u00e6\u00f0um \u00fear sem innvi\u00f0ir eru takmarka\u00f0ir. Fyrir \u00cdsland sty\u00f0ur \u00feetta samstarf vi\u00f0 \u00f6flugri og \u00e1rei\u00f0anlegri fjarskipti og undirstrikar hagn\u00fdtan \u00e1vinning af n\u00e1nara samstarfi vi\u00f0 ESB \u00e1 svi\u00f0i geimstarfsemi og tenginga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">H\u00e9r er fr\u00e9ttin fr\u00e1 EU:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu\/eu-boosts-space-cooperation-norway-and-iceland-secure-connectivity-agreement-2026-03-26_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-085346-1024x726.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-085346-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-085346-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-085346-768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-085346-1536x1089.png 1536w, https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-085346.png 1895w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-duotone-unset-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"46\" height=\"33\" src=\"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/EN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-378\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iceland and Norway have signed an agreement with the European Union to participate in GOVSATCOM and the Secure Connectivity Programme, IRIS\u00b2. The agreement will strengthen secure satellite connectivity for public authorities, emergency services, crisis management, disaster response, climate monitoring and environmental protection, particularly in remote regions with limited infrastructure. For Iceland, this cooperation supports more resilient communications and highlights the practical benefits of closer collaboration with the EU in space and connectivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the whole news here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu\/eu-boosts-space-cooperation-norway-and-iceland-secure-connectivity-agreement-2026-03-26_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-085346-1024x726.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-085346-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-085346-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-085346-768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-085346-1536x1089.png 1536w, https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-03-085346.png 1895w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00cdsland og Noregur hafa undirrita\u00f0 samning vi\u00f0 Evr\u00f3pusambandi\u00f0 um \u00fe\u00e1ttt\u00f6ku \u00ed GOVSATCOM og \u00e1\u00e6tluninni um \u00f6rugga tengingu, IRIS\u00b2. Samningurinn mun styrkja \u00f6rugga gervihnattatengingu fyrir opinber yfirv\u00f6ld, ney\u00f0ar\u00fej\u00f3nustu, h\u00e6ttustj\u00f3rnun, vi\u00f0br\u00f6g\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hamf\u00f6rum, loftslagseftirlit og umhverfisvernd, einkum \u00e1 afskekktum sv\u00e6\u00f0um \u00fear sem innvi\u00f0ir eru takmarka\u00f0ir. Fyrir \u00cdsland sty\u00f0ur \u00feetta samstarf vi\u00f0 \u00f6flugri og \u00e1rei\u00f0anlegri fjarskipti og undirstrikar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,8,40],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-2620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iceland","category-news","category-uncategorized-is","tag-iceland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2620"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2755,"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620\/revisions\/2755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copernicus.gis.is\/homepage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}