Airbus Defence and Space

division of Airbus Group (SE) specialized in the defense and aerospace industry

commercialFounded 2014

History · 1 eventJan 1, 2014 · Airbus Military, Astrium, and Cassidian merge to form Airbus Defence and Space

www.airbus.com/en/products-services/defence

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Airbus Defence and Space in the UK was awarded £3.9 million from the UK Space Agency to create a space and connectivity catalyst at its headquarters in Stevenage.

PlanRelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Nov 27, 2023Airbus awarded UK Space Agency grant to develop Space Catalyst in Stevenage

The Metop-SG satellites have been developed under a European Space Agency (ESA) contract by a European industrial consortium led by Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsValue 4.5Nov 16, 2023EUMETSAT Polar System satellites are now involved in testing + integration with Airbus D&S

Airbus Defence and Space built THEOS-2 for a nominal service life of at least 10 years.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 17, 2023SSC Supports the Launch of Thailand’s THEOS-2 Earth Observation Satellite

From 2024-01-01, the Airbus leadership team led by CEO Guillaume Faury will consist of Thierry Baril as Chief Human Resources Officer, Bruno Even as CEO Airbus Helicopters, Alberto Gutierrez as EVP Special Industrial Projects, John Harrison as General Counsel, Catherine Jestin as EVP Digital and Information Management, Julie Kitcher as Chief Sustainability Officer and Communications, Sabine Klauke as Chief Technology Officer, Christian Scherer as CEO Commercial Aircraft, Mike Schoellhorn as CEO Airbus Defence and Space, Thomas Toepfer as Chief Financial Officer, Jeff Knittel as Chairman and CEO Airbus Americas, Matthieu Louvot as EVP Strategy, Wouter van Wersch as EVP International, and George Xu as CEO Airbus China.

GovernanceValue 4.4Oct 16, 2023Major changes to the Airbus leadership team

Airbus Defence and Space built the THEOS-2 satellite for a nominal service life of at least 10 years.

CapabilityValue 4.0Oct 15, 2023SSC supported the THEOS-2 launch

THEOS-2 (THailand Earth Observation System-2) is a very-high-resolution Earth observation optical satellite provided by Airbus Defence and Space to support the Kingdom of Thailand’s development priorities.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.2Oct 10, 2023Arianespace’s Vega Flight VV23 Successfully Launched from Europe’s Spaceport

Starlab will be built and operated under a transatlantic joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 9, 2023Voyager Space + Northrop Grumman in a teaming agreement for the Starlab Space Station

THEOS-2 has a mass of 417 kg and was built by Airbus Defence and Space for Thailand’s Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency.

RelationshipsGeneralCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 9, 2023Vega launches a dozen smallsats

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.6Oct 8, 2023The launch of Arianespace Flight VV23 is a smallsat deployment success

Starlab will be built and operated under a transatlantic joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Oct 5, 2023Voyager Space and Northrop Grumman Collaborate for Starlab Space Station Project

Starlab will be built and operated under a transatlantic joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 5, 2023Voyager Space and Northrop Grumman team up to develop Starlab Space Station

Airbus Defence and Space manufactured the HOTBIRD 13F and HOTBIRD 0.013 kg satellites.

CapabilityValue 4.0Sep 15, 2023Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F and HOTBIRD 13G Satellites Successfully Enter into Service

Airbus Defence and Space aimed to capture as many as six of roughly 15 geostationary satellites expected to be tendered in 2023.

GeneralValue 2.0Sep 11, 2023Thaicom picks Airbus to build Eutelsat-backed GEO satellite for Asia

Rasdaman GmbH and Airbus Defence and Space are collaborating to develop next-generation Earth Observation exploitation services centered on spatio-temporal datacubes to enable a dynamic version of CopDEM for cloud analytics.

RelationshipsCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 11, 2023German Start-up and Airbus Defence Space Team Up on Datacubes

THEOS-2 is part of the nexgen national geo-information system provided by Airbus Defence and Space in support of the Kingdom of Thailand’s key development priorities.

RelationshipsValue 3.5Aug 31, 2023Arianespace is targeting October 4th for the VV23 launch

Airbus Defence and Space considered the Inmarsat-6 F2 anomaly an unprecedented event because no previous Airbus-built spacecraft had suffered an in-orbit failure.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.0Aug 25, 2023Viasat reports problem with new Inmarsat satellite

Ovzon was awarded for the third consecutive year a 12-month service renewal contract from Airbus Defence and Space to deliver Ovzon SATCOM-as-a-Service to the UK Government.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Aug 20, 2023Ovzon continues UK Government support with third renewal from Airbus Defence and Space

Voyager Space formed a joint venture with Airbus Defence and Space to develop its Starlab station.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Aug 7, 2023Minding the space station gap

Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space agreed to form a transatlantic joint venture to develop, build, and operate Starlab.

RelationshipsValue 4.6Aug 3, 2023Voyager Space and Airbus Collaborate to Build and Operate Starlab Commercial Space Station

Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space agreed to form a transatlantic joint venture to develop, build, and operate Starlab.

RelationshipsValue 4.5Aug 3, 2023Voyager Space, Airbus Announce Joint Venture to Build and Operate Starlab

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