How Will This Partnership Strengthen National Security Infrastructure?
May 15, 2025
Ukrainian tech company STETMAN has partnered with Sweden’s Requtech to license advanced satellite communication terminals, enabling domestic production of an alternative to services like Starlink. This deal boosts Ukraine’s communication resilience during wartime, ensuring a dependable internet connection for critical purposes. The partnership addresses the risks of depending on one provider by diversifying the options of connectivity for improved security and defense. Using Requtech’s expertise, STETMAN intends to strengthen Ukraine’s infrastructure independence and develop strong channels of communication during frontline operations. This game-changing team-up comes just in time since communication networks are targeted by Russian cyberattacks and infrastructural targeting, thus the pressing need for backup platforms for national security operations in both military and civilian areas.
Requtech’s RESA tech promo. Credit: Requtech
Under the agreement, Requtech will provide technical documentation and rights for manufacturing terminals by STETMAN based on its ‘Resa’ platform. The head of STETMAN, Dmytro Stetsenko, brought up the must-have tweaks to these terminals with unique technical specifications and hardened features to Ukraine’s Security and Defense Forces. The company’s history with military-grade systems and the relationships with commercial platforms such as Intellian and Kymeta can set it up well for this venture. STETMAN already has alternatives over various satellite constellations (LEO – Eutelsat OneWeb; GEO – Intelsat, UASAT), so the new Requtech cooperation has a great basis. The officials in Kyiv have expedited regulatory permissions and even pondered subsidies for this initiative, as they realize that communication independence is a question of national sovereignty, especially in the east and south where terrestrial infrastructure has been badly compromised.
The Resa terminals are linked to the Eutelsat OneWeb LEO constellation, with enough throughput for security purposes. This licensing agreement fastens domestic production, whereby STETMAN is able to avoid long development cycles and start producing in under half a year flat. The outfit is gunning for a monthly production of 2,000–10,000 terminals, paying per unit to Requtech and using pre-certified technology to save years in development. The partnership can also motivate Eutelsat to increase its OneWeb constellation, expecting increased demand from Ukraine. Also, investment groups have expressed interest in financing satellite capacity that will suit the needs of Ukraine during the war. In order to achieve production targets, STETMAN is planning to recruit 80-140 specialists, such as engineers, developers, and assemblers, that will increase its capacities and the tech industry of Ukraine. The initiative makes Ukraine less dependent on foreign providers, providing continuous connectivity for defense and civilian uses. The partnership that brings together Requtech’s tested technology and STETMAN’s manufacturing capability sets a precedent for technological self-reliance in the prescriptive wartime infrastructure.
Requtech, established in Stockholm by industry leaders Dr. Omid Sotoudeh and Sören Karlsson, has a long history in SATCOM and over 100 systems deployed in 40+ countries. Their focus on cutting-edge breakthroughs and green thinking meshes perfectly with STETMAN’s objectives, meaning that this partnership is a landmark event for the satellite communication of Ukraine. Beyond manufacturing, the partnership marks a clever pivot toward operational resilience, meaning to say Ukraine will have stable and varied networks during the war. When united, the companies strive to bring long-term benefits to Ukraine’s security and tech advancement in such hard times.
