Société pour l'étude et la réalisation d'engins balistiques
Airbus is a major player in the space industry, operating as a manufacturer and service provider. They develop and build spacecraft, satellites for telecommunications, navigation, and Earth observation, and also contribute to space exploration missions. Airbus partners with organizations like ESA and NASA, providing critical hardware like the Orion European Service Module and participating in missions such as JUICE and the Artemis program.
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The MER team comprises about 48 engineers from NASA, ESA, Lockheed Martin, and Airbus.
Airbus made the case for a potential space merger involving Thales and Leonardo and also made the case against that merger.
In December 2025, Airbus partnered with the Spacesail constellation to integrate Spacesail low-Earth orbit connectivity into the HBCplus in-flight solution.
The Community of Madrid highlights investment in Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas airport, the Tres Cantos technology park, and Airbus’s presence in Getafe as attractions for its aerospace cluster.
Thales, Airbus, and Leonardo are merging their space activities into a joint venture projected to have a workforce of 25,000 people and annual revenues of 6,500 million.
SES Chief Executive raised concerns about the Airbus-Thales-Leonardo space merger.
Pléiades Neo is Airbus’ high-resolution optical constellation used for defence, security, disaster management, civil engineering, environmental monitoring, and commercial services.
In November 2024 Oman signed an agreement with Airbus to build its first high-capacity communications satellite system.
The Airbus S950 satellite was first developed for the Pléiades Neo optical constellation.
Elisa García Díaz, Director of Portfolio Management and Growth in Defense at Airbus, will participate in sessions addressing the economic and financial impact of the industry.
The session 'Finanzas en el aire: reparto de beneficios en la cadena de valor' will include Javier Pérez Alcaide, EVP Sales, Commercial and Programs at Aernnova; Elisa García Díaz of Airbus; and Daniel Lorrain, Principal at Hyperion.
Hisdesat and Airbus Defence & Space will jointly commercialize images and applications from the future PAZ-2 satellites.
Hisdesat’s agreement with Airbus Defence & Space reinforces Hisdesat’s position in the European Earth observation ecosystem.
Hisdesat and Airbus Defence & Space have maintained a collaboration since 2018 around the Spanish satellite PAZ and the German TerraSAR‑X / TanDEM‑X constellation.
Emirates will deploy Starlink across its entire 232-aircraft in-service fleet by mid-2027, starting with Boeing 777s in late 2025 and moving to Airbus A380s in 2026.
Hisdesat signed a new agreement with Airbus Defence & Space for the international commercialization of images from the future PAZ-2 Earth observation satellites.
The new agreement extends the relationship that integrated the Spanish satellite PAZ into Airbus’s radar constellation, combining PAZ capabilities with TerraSAR‑X and TanDEM‑X to provide high-precision, high-availability observation services.
The Hisdesat–Airbus Defence & Space alliance aims to combine future PAZ-2 satellites with existing constellations to offer integrated products with greater coverage, shorter response times, and tailored services for institutional and commercial customers.
Airbus Defence & Space contributes its global commercial network and experience operating radar constellations to the Hisdesat partnership.
Hisdesat reinforces its role as a Spanish government-focused operator of satellite services through the agreement with Airbus Defence & Space.