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Airbus Defence and Space

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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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Prometheus-2 is co-funded by Airbus Defence and Space and is being jointly designed with In-Space Missions to support MOD science and technology activities and development of ground systems focused at Dstl’s site near Portsmouth.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Oct 14, 2022Virgin Orbit announces Start Me Up mission from UK

Prometheus-2 consists of two cubesats owned by the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and is co-funded with Airbus Defence and Space and jointly designed with In-Space Missions.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.6Oct 11, 2022With the manifest complete, Virgin Orbit’s flight hardware is heading to Spaceport Cornwall for the 1st orbital launch from U.K. soil

KOMPSAT-6 was co-developed by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), LIG Nex1, and Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsValue 4.5Sep 30, 2022South Korea seeks $32.9 million to launch satellites grounded by Russia sanctions

Airbus Defence and Space will open a new office at the Defence and Space Landing Pad at Lot Fourteen in Adelaide, South Australia.

GrowthGeneralValue 2.5Sep 26, 2022Airbus Defence and Space with Defence SA to open a new office in Adelaide South Australia

Airbus Defence and Space’s new office at Lot Fourteen will officially open to staff and visitors in September 2022.

GrowthPlanValue 2.0Sep 26, 2022Airbus Defence and Space with Defence SA to open a new office in Adelaide South Australia

Airbus Defence and Space head of space Jean-Marc Nasr stated that all satellites OneWeb needs to complete its constellation have been produced and are awaiting deployment.

CapabilityPlanGrowthGeneralValue 4.2Sep 20, 2022Next batch of OneWeb satellites arrive in India for launch

Airbus Defence and Space co-funded the Prometheus 2 cubesats and In-Space Missions Ltd. led their construction.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 8, 2022UK-built Prometheus 2 smallsats on track for their Newquay, Cornwall, launch

The Lasercom Cortex will be equipped with error-correcting codes developed by Airbus Defence and Space to deliver useful and error-free information to the user.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.8Jul 25, 2022Safran delivers Earth-to-Space optical comms digital modems

Safran Data Systems, in partnership with CNES and Airbus Defence and Space and as part of the TELEO project, delivered the first digital modem in a series dedicated to Earth-to-Space optical communications called the Cortex Lasercom.

RelationshipsGeneralCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 25, 2022Safran delivers Earth-to-Space optical comms digital modems

I-6 F2 completed testing at Airbus Defence and Space facilities in Toulouse, France.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.0Jul 25, 2022The first ever of a sophisticated commercial communications satellite begins on-orbit testing after reaching geostationary orbit

Airbus Defence and Space cooperated with Safran Data Systems on ground modems for future 10 Gbit onboard-ground optical communication systems to be demonstrated during the TELEO flight experiment in 2023.

CapabilityRelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jul 25, 2022Safran delivers Earth-to-Space optical comms digital modems

Pléiades Neo is Airbus Defence and Space’s optical 0.3 m resolution satellite constellation.

CapabilityValue 4.3Jul 14, 2022Tensorflight partners with Airbus to boost property assessment capability

THEOS-2 is manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space for the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency of Thailand and is a Vega C customer payload.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 13, 2022With the success of the inaugural flight under their belt, Arianespace is initiating Vega C operations

Airbus Defence and Space was selected by Loft Orbital to supply more than 15 satellite platforms.

RelationshipsGrowthValue 4.0Jul 12, 2022ANYWAVES supplies antennas for Airbus on Loft Orbital’s satellite order

Airbus Defence and Space unveiled an API in early June that enables customers to task Airbus radar satellites and access a 15-year archive through the OneAtlas platform.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.5Jul 12, 2022Earth imagery companies reimagine satellite tasking

ANYWAVES was selected by Airbus Defence and Space to supply more than 70 products for the satellites to be deployed by Loft Orbital.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.2Jul 12, 2022ANYWAVES supplies antennas for Airbus on Loft Orbital’s satellite order

Airbus Defence and Space is delivering a very high resolution satellite and a comprehensive geo-intelligence system for the THEOS-2 Earth Observation Programme.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 21, 2022SSTL Ships the THEOS-2 SmallSAT to GISTDA in Thailand

The THEOS-2 SmallSAT programme was delivered as part of the THEOS-2 Earth Observation Programme in collaboration with Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsValue 4.2Jun 21, 2022SSTL Ships the THEOS-2 SmallSAT to GISTDA in Thailand

Airbus Defence and Space is building a future broadband and multi-satellite ground segment for France’s Armed Forces that will be fully integrated, intelligent, and dynamic and provide operators with a decision-making tool for satellite communications management.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jun 6, 2022Airbus awarded million€€€ Syracuse IV ground segment contract

AAC Omnisys previously delivered three sets of flight components, one qualification model, and one spare model to Airbus Defence and Space under a 2015 contract.

RelationshipsValue 4.0May 22, 2022AAC Clyde Space’s Follow-On Order For Europe’s New Weather Satellites, MetOp-SG
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