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CGI

IT and business consulting with space, satcom and defence systems

CGI

About CGI

CGI is one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world. Founded in 1976 and marking its 50th year, it operates across 21 industry sectors from 400 locations worldwide under a proximity model that places consultants where clients live and work. The firm's UK business reports 94,000 professionals in the CGI group and runs STEM sponsorships. CGI describes itself as insights-driven and outcomes-focused, with a culture of ownership in which employees are CGI Partners, and it has been named among TIME Magazine's World's Best Companies and Forbes' World's Best Management Consulting Firms for 2026.

Services

  • Business consulting to define strategies, target operating models and AI-to-ROI roadmaps
  • Systems integration for the planning, implementation and management of IT modernisation
  • Managed IT services for operational efficiency and continuous improvement
  • Intellectual property including more than 120 business solutions and 80 digital enablers, supported by over 150 alliances, serving 5,500 end-to-end services clients

Space, aerospace and defence

CGI's first space project dates from 1974. It delivers secure, mission-critical space systems covering data processing and exploitation, satellite communications, robotics, command and control, on-board software, modelling and simulation, ground segment engineering, navigation and situational awareness, and supports space clients across Europe, Australia, Asia and North America. The firm describes itself as a European leader in military satellite communications ground segment systems, providing network, service and business management systems to satellite operators and the European Space Operations Centre for more than 30 years. It delivered the control facility for the 30-satellite Galileo constellation, is developing the test bed for the second generation of ESA's Galileo system, manages the maintenance and evolution of ESRIN's Earth observation ground systems, performs Earth observation work for EUMETSAT and delivers weather satellite images and data to more than 3 billion people. Its eSurge service helped predict UK coastal flooding and its EO4SD Lab supports sustainable development through cloud platforms. CGI Federal has also entered an applied research agreement with the Defense Logistics Agency and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Shows

CGI appears in the exhibitor and sponsor lists of Space Tech Expo Europe 2026 and DSEI UK 2027, where it is listed as the waterborne demonstration sponsor.

Contact

Locations: 400 offices worldwide, including the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, India and Australia
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Shows where CGI exhibits or has exhibited

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as sponsor
  • Space Tech Expo Europe

    17 to 19 November 2026 · Bremen, Germany

    Exhibitor

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  • DSEI UK

    Exhibited in 2025. Next edition 7 to 10 September 2027 · London, United Kingdom

    Waterborne Demo Sponsor2025 list; 2027 not published yet

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From the organisers’ published exhibitor and sponsor lists.

Event types: Aerospace and space (1), Defence and security (1). Browse the calendar

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