Sweden · Enabling onboard edge-AI processor research

SPEED / Sirius EDGE processor research

This project focuses on enabling onboard edge-AI processor research.

SPEED develops energy-efficient onboard processing for satellites and UAVs as a foundation for AAC Clyde Space's Sirius EDGE processor. Spacemetric coordinates the work with AAC Clyde Space and KTH. The study combines CPU/GPU hosts, FPGA acceleration, a path to SiLago-based ASICs and Bluestone image processing. Its planned laboratory demonstrator is not a flown Sirius EDGE system.

Spacemetric AB / AAC Clyde Space / KTH · Laboratory demonstrator development

Scope: Enabling research · Named enabling processor and software research with a laboratory demonstrator, without a defined shared orbital platform or SPEED flight mission.

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Technical specifications not disclosed

Figures retain their disclosed units and scope. Launched hardware does not establish demonstrated performance; targets may change. Not disclosed means no figure in the reviewed sources.

PROJECT RELATIONSHIPS

Suppliers & project partners

European Space Agency (ESA)

Role not disclosed

Program organization: AAC Clyde Space

Partnership

Named ESA contribution to the ESA Phi-Lab Sweden funded SPEED programme. Individual contribution amount not allocated.

Published research workshare or programme support only. This does not establish a procurement order, direct payment to this party or flight hardware delivery.

Announced 1 Dec 2025 · Evidence checked 2 Nov 2026

SPEED / Sirius EDGE research programme

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Role not disclosed

Program organization: AAC Clyde Space

Partnership

Named RISE national programme support. No separate monetary amount or commercial supply role disclosed.

Published research workshare or programme support only. This does not establish a procurement order, direct payment to this party or flight hardware delivery.

Announced 1 Dec 2025 · Evidence checked 2 Nov 2026

SPEED / Sirius EDGE research programme

Vinnova

Role not disclosed

Program organization: AAC Clyde Space

Partnership

Named Vinnova programme funding contribution. Agency record identifies USD 235,641 (SEK 2.3 million), not added separately to issuer's potentially overlapping award.

Published research workshare or programme support only. This does not establish a procurement order, direct payment to this party or flight hardware delivery.

Announced 1 Dec 2025 · Evidence checked 2 Nov 2026

SPEED / Sirius EDGE research programme

AAC Clyde Space

Research participant

Program organization: Spacemetric AB

Partnership

Build and integrate the SPEED laboratory platform supporting future Sirius EDGE development.

Published research workshare or programme support only. This does not establish a procurement order, direct payment to this party or flight hardware delivery.

Announced Publication date not supplied · Evidence checked 2 Nov 2026

SPEED / Sirius EDGE research programme

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Research participant

Program organization: Spacemetric AB

Partnership

Develop ASIC accelerators and contribute SiLago low-power research to SPEED.

Published research workshare or programme support only. This does not establish a procurement order, direct payment to this party or flight hardware delivery.

Announced Publication date not supplied · Evidence checked 2 Nov 2026

SPEED / Sirius EDGE research programme

Spacemetric AB

Consortium participant

Program organization: European Space Agency (ESA)

Partnership

SPEED project coordinator and Bluestone software participant in ESA Phi-Lab Sweden.

Published research workshare or programme support only. This does not establish a procurement order, direct payment to this party or flight hardware delivery.

Announced Publication date not supplied · Evidence checked 2 Nov 2026

SPEED / Sirius EDGE research programme

NEXT MILESTONE

Laboratory demonstrator and KPI testing. Vinnova's Swedish record updated October 8, 2026 lists February 2027 completion, while older English, programme and issuer accounts retain December or Q4 2026.

Manual review with evidence gaps 2 Nov 2026. Official project, agency and issuer sources compared on November 2. Planned processor and software research is supported. The newer Swedish agency end date differs from older accounts, and funding-component overlap remains unresolved. No SPEED flight result is established. Primary body last observed not available. Source monitoring: unavailable. Source collection and substantive profile review are separate checks. Plans and dates may change.

ESA Phi-Lab Sweden project, Vinnova agency record and AAC issuer release

WHAT REMAINS UNKNOWN

Final CPU/GPU/FPGA/ASIC models, counts, arithmetic precision and measured throughput are not established in the reviewed project material.
RAM, storage capacity, absolute power, cooling limits, mass, dimensions, flight orbit and mission lifetime are not disclosed for the SPEED demonstrator.
Newer Swedish Vinnova record lists February 2027 completion. Its older English record and the programme page retain December 2026, and the December 2025 issuer release gives Q4 2026. No completed demonstrator result was located.
The issuer's SEK 4.7 million award, Vinnova's SEK 2.3 million contribution and the programme's SEK 6.2 million total budget have different stated scopes. The Vinnova component is not added as a separate transaction until the overlap is resolved.
Bluestone's general flight heritage does not establish that SPEED or Sirius EDGE has flown.

Project updates

Verified announcements and milestones linked to this project, newest first.

Added 2 Nov 2026 · Publication date not supplied

Vinnova records SPEED workshare and a later February 2027 end date (opens in a new tab)

Vinnova's Swedish record for SPEED project 2025-02992, updated October 8, 2026, lists a USD 235,641 (SEK 2.3 million) contribution and a November 2025 to February 2027 research period. Spacemetric develops onboard algorithms, KTH ASIC accelerators, and AAC Clyde Space the platform. Older English and programme pages still end in December 2026.

1 Dec 2025

AAC Clyde Space receives USD 481,527 (SEK 4.7 million) for SPEED / Sirius EDGE research (opens in a new tab)

AAC Clyde Space announced a USD 481,527 (SEK 4.7 million) ESA Phi-Lab Sweden award on December 1, 2025. SPEED combines its hardware work with Spacemetric software and KTH low-power chip research to develop a Sirius EDGE laboratory demonstrator for satellites and UAVs. This is enabling processor research, not a deployed orbital data center.