Secure analogue video
SERPE V4
Compact hardware protection for analogue FPV video links, with very low latency for real-time operation. SERPE V4 is NATO NSN-coded.
Discuss integrationHardware security for a more resilient tomorrow
Hardware-rooted secure communications for defence, UAV and space systems.
Skudo develops FPGA-based hardware security, secure communication systems and reusable cryptographic IP for demanding defence and space applications.
KIRO · SatcomSecure analogue FPV videoCurrent portfolio
Security built into the signal path.
Compact hardware for demanding missions, backed by reusable cryptographic IP and custom engineering.
Beyond-line-of-sight messaging
KIRO
A compact hardware-secured satellite communication module for encrypted command and telemetry across UAVs, vehicles and remote assets.
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Reusable secure hardware
HSM / FPGA IP
Hardware-rooted cryptography in reconfigurable FPGA hardware, with reusable cryptographic IP, post-quantum capability and secure SoC building blocks.
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Hardware-rooted and crypto-agile by design
Skudo develops cryptographic functions directly in FPGA hardware, reducing reliance on general-purpose operating systems and software-based key storage. Reconfigurable hardware also allows security functions to evolve as requirements and standards change.
Post-Quantum Cryptography
Skudo provides FPGA-based implementations of ML-KEM and ML-DSA, extending hardware-rooted security into the post-quantum era. These capabilities can be used alongside established classical cryptography, supporting crypto-agile architectures that can evolve as security requirements and standards change. The approach is particularly relevant for defence, space and other long-lifecycle systems where communications and protected data may need to remain secure for many years.
Hardware-rooted trust
Verifiable IP
Post-Quantum CryptographyML-KEM · ML-DSA
Secure SoC
Protocol & SDR integration
Engineering heritage
Early Skudo secure telemetry hardware
Supernova FPGA hardware with a telemetry radio.
Explore earlier prototype workMission contexts
From the tactical edge to orbit.
One engineering approach, adapted to the operational link and platform.
Engineering heritage · UAV
Secure UAV communications integration
Remote operations
Secure satellite messaging beyond radio reach
Space systems
Hardware-backed security for space communications
Track record
Established ESA track record
Skudo has built a long-running relationship with the European Space Agency through multiple completed and ongoing development contracts in space cybersecurity, hardware-rooted cryptography and secure embedded systems. This includes the FYSON project, where Skudo’s hardware encryption technology was successfully demonstrated in orbit on ESA’s OPS-SAT satellite. The OPS-SAT demonstration is one milestone within a broader portfolio of ESA activities rather than a standalone project.
ESA
Space cybersecurity & in-orbit heritage
Multiple completed and ongoing ESA contracts
FYSON · Successful OPS-SAT in-orbit validationEuropean Defence Fund
Three consecutive selections
- HSM4COM · EDF 2023
- SIGMA · EDF 2024
- SEQULITE · EDF 2025
NATO
NCAGE 022LJ
SERPE V4 NATO NSN coded
About Skudo
European engineering for communications that matter.
Founded in 2019 and based in Tallinn, Estonia, Skudo designs cybersecurity embedded systems around FPGA technology. The company works across complete PCB solutions, reusable IP and custom secure communication systems for UAV and space applications.
Skudo is an ESA Business Incubation Centre Estonia alumnus, with multiple completed and ongoing ESA development contracts. The company has three consecutive European Defence Fund selections: HSM4COM (EDF 2023), SIGMA (EDF 2024) and SEQULITE (EDF 2025).
Focused expertise, flexible delivery.
From a core deployed inside a customer FPGA to a complete custom board, Skudo adapts the delivery model to the mission and platform.
2019Founded in Estonia
ESAMultiple completed and ongoing ESA contracts
3Consecutive European Defence Fund selections
022LJNATO NCAGE
Latest and relevant
News and milestones.
Current programme news alongside selected milestones from Skudo's archive.
Programmes
Skudo selected for third European Defence Fund project with SEQULITE
SEQULITE, an EDF 2025 project, marks Skudo’s third consecutive European Defence Fund selection, advancing lightweight secure communications for defence and space.
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Skudo selected for EDF 2024 SIGMA project
SIGMA is an EDF 2024 project addressing the detection, localisation and characterisation of sources interfering with GNSS positioning systems.
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Skudo Awarded EDF2023 Grant for "HSM4COM" Project
Skudo announced in May 2024 that it had been awarded European Defence Fund 2023 support for HSM4COM.
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Programmes
ESA OPS-SAT explanatory video of HSM and RISC-V
Skudo shared an explanatory video following the FYSON demonstration conducted under an ESA contract using OPS-SAT.
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Company
Skudo OÜ
Tartu mnt. 84a-34
10112 Tallinn, Estonia
- Registry code
- 14679337
- VAT
- EE102143412
- NATO NCAGE
- 022LJ