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.
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Avio SpA's net order backlog was €1,724 million in 2024, comprising €1,130 million for launch systems, €155 million for space propulsion, and €439 million for defense propulsion.
Avio SpA's 2025 order intakes included about €260 million for defense propulsion.
Avio SpA's net order backlog was €1,359 million in 2023, comprising €970 million for launch systems, €139 million for space propulsion, and €250 million for defense propulsion.
Avio SpA's order intakes in 2025 amounted to approximately €1.0 billion.
Avio SpA's net order backlog by segment in 2025 comprised €1,165 million for launch systems, €385 million for space propulsion, and €616 million for defense propulsion.
Production accounts for approximately 70% of Avio SpA's 2025 backlog and development accounts for approximately 30%.
Avio SpA's 2025 order intakes included about €400 million for launch systems.
Avio SpA's net order backlog reached €2.166 billion in 2025.
Avio SpA's backlog in 2025 increased by 26% versus 2024 to a record level of approximately €2.2 billion.
Avio revealed in February that the planned $500 million, 860,000-square-foot production facility will be built in Hurt, Virginia.
The proposed bylaws amendments fixed the number of directors on Avio’s board at nine.
The planned Avio facility in Hurt, Virginia will occupy about 80,000 square meters.
A transfer of series production to Avio’s future U.S. facility is intended to provide a fully domestic missile system for the United States and strengthen its supply chain.
Avio secured a $65 million contract from Defense Systems and Solutions on 6 March for the development, qualification, and initial production of solid rocket motors.
Avio created a US subsidiary in 2022 to address a gap in production capacity for tactical propulsion systems in the United States.
Avio operates in Italy, France, the United States, and French Guiana.
Avio signed a contract valued at approximately €56 million with Defense Systems and Solutions (DSS) for the development, qualification, and initial production of a solid-propellant rocket motor for air-defense applications.
Avio signed agreements with the US Armed Forces, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin in 2024 and 2025.
The contract will initially leverage Avio’s technical capabilities at its Colleferro plant in Italy.
Avio announced plans in September 2025 to build a $500 million, 860,000-square-foot US-based production facility.