MOU with Mitsubishi Electric and Blue Marble Communications

Uppsala, Sweden / Kanagawa, Japan, Feb 5, 2026

BruhnBruhn Innovation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) and Blue Marble Communications (BMC), establishing a formal framework for collaboration in onboard information processing for space systems. The agreement was announced at the Kanagawa Space Summit in Japan, with representatives from the Swedish Embassy present at the signing.

The MOU brings together three organisations with complementary capabilities, each contributing a distinct layer of the emerging digital space infrastructure. Blue Marble Communications provides onboard processing hardware and performance optimisation for space-grade computing. BruhnBruhn Innovation contributes middleware and software for container-based operations and integration, including space-compatible Kubernetes environments through the Dacreo product family and support for mission application development. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation integrates these technologies and leads development, demonstration, and deployment for both governmental and commercial space applications.

The collaboration also includes joint work on studying and promoting a user interface standard for onboard space systems, aimed at supporting a broader ecosystem of operators and application developers across the industry.

“For us, this collaboration is an important step,” said Karolina Bruhn, CEO of BruhnBruhn Innovation. “It brings together strong industrial capability, deep technical expertise, and creates opportunities to build future digital space systems together. It is a solid step toward more resilient space operations over time.”

The signing brings together three organisations that have been building toward a shared vision of cloud-native space infrastructure. BBI and BMC have collaborated extensively on the development and validation of Dacreo apto, with BBI’s CTO Dr. Fredrik Bruhn personally overseeing integration and testing on BMC’s Space Edge Processor in California. Mitsubishi Electric, one of Japan’s leading satellite developers, brings the scale and systems integration capability to translate these technologies into operational missions for both government and commercial customers.

The announcement was made in the presence of Sweden’s Defence Attaché to Japan, Lt. Col. Mika Ihalainen, reflecting the growing strategic significance of resilient onboard space computing for Allied nations.

Pictured at the signing: Sweden’s Defence Attaché to Japan Lt. Col. Mika Ihalainen, Neal Nicholson CEO of Blue Marble Communications, Senior Executive Director Arai-san of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, and Dr. Fredrik Bruhn, Professor Emeritus and CTO of BruhnBruhn Innovation.