Avio S.p.A. is an Italian aerospace company specializing in space propulsion and launch systems. As the prime contractor for the Vega rocket family, including Vega and Vega C, Avio provides launch services for institutional, governmental, and commercial payloads. They are also a subcontractor for the Ariane program, supplying components like boosters and stage separation motors and partners with organizations like the European Space Agency (ESA). Associated keywords include: space launchers, solid-propellant motors, liquid propulsion, Vega, Vega C, Ariane, ESA.
All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
Avio received AVUM upper-stage engines produced by Yuzhmash as planned during the war period and deliveries continued.
Avio, the prime contractor for the Vega rocket, will use a throat insert produced by ArianeGroup to replace the Yuzhnoye component.
Avio procured the Zefiro-40 throat insert from Ukrainian company Yuzhnoye.
Avio selected Yuzhnoye during the Vega C design phase in 2015 to 2017 after concluding other European suppliers could not provide the material in required quantities on a compatible schedule.
Avio plans to return Vega C to flight in 2023 and intends to use the previous Vega version as needed to fulfill market demand.
ArianeGroup previously signed exploitation contracts with Sabca, Airbus Spain, Europropulsion, Avio, and MTAerospace.
Shares of Avio, trading on the Borsa Italiana exchange, fell 9.5% on 2022-12-21.
ArianeGroup has signed exploitation contracts with Sabca, Airbus Spain, Europropulsion, Avio, and MTAerospace.
ArianeGroup signed exploitation contracts with Sabca, Europropulsion, Avio, and MTAerospace for elements of the Ariane 6 program.
Vega C is designed and manufactured by Avio SpA in Colleferro, Italy.
Avio is using the remaining 120,000,000 EUR of the funding to develop another liquid oxygen and methane engine intended to be six times more powerful.
Avio secured 340,000,000 EUR in government funding on 2022-06-29 to develop launch vehicles for the next decade.
Avio aims to qualify the more powerful liquid oxygen and methane engine via ground tests by 2026.
Avio expects a prime contractor to be selected soon to build around 34 satellites for the Earth-observation network to meet an objective to get them in orbit by 2026.
About two-thirds of the Italian pandemic recovery stimulus funds awarded to Avio will support a small two-stage demonstration rocket slated to fly by 2026 with a new liquid oxygen and methane engine.
Avio reported a 25% jump in revenue for the first three months of 2022 to 66,000,000 EUR.
Avio performed the first ground test of its M10 liquid oxygen and methane engine in May 2022.
Avio has contracts planning for a total of three Vega C launches by the end of the year, with a second launch in the fall and a third in the winter.
Avio plans to manufacture 35 or more P120s annually by 2026 to make the first stage significantly cheaper.
Avio is seeking to hire 200 engineers to expand its workforce and production capacity.