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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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Airbus Defence and Space reported order intake of €8.2 billion for the nine months ended 30 September 2020.

FinancialValue 4.3Oct 29, 2020Airbus reports nine months 2020 results

Airbus Defence and Space reported EBIT Adjusted of €266 million for the nine months ended 30 September 2020.

FinancialGeneralValue 4.0Oct 29, 2020Airbus reports nine months 2020 results

Airbus booked €-1,200 million in 2020-07-01 related to the Company-wide restructuring plan of which €-981 million were for Airbus and €-219 million were for Airbus Defence and Space.

FinancialPlanValue 4.2Oct 29, 2020Airbus reports nine months 2020 results

Airbus Defence and Space led the international ROXY development team from its Friedrichshafen, Germany location.

GeneralValue 2.0Oct 27, 2020Oxygen From Lunar Dust? Int’l Team Says Such Could Occur

An international team led by Airbus Defence and Space (Friedrichshafen, Germany) and including Fraunhofer IFAM (Dresden, Germany), Boston University (Massachusetts, USA), and Abengoa Innovación (Seville, Spain) demonstrated oxygen and metals production from simulated lunar regolith using the ROXY process.

CapabilityValue 4.0Oct 27, 2020Oxygen From Lunar Dust? Int’l Team Says Such Could Occur

Yahsat signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space for the Thuraya-4 NGS satellite that includes an option for a second identical satellite, Thuraya-5 NGS.

RelationshipsValue 4.5Oct 22, 2020Thuraya CEO shares plans for fleet update and view of market

Airbus Defence and Space received an ESA contract to build the Earth Return Orbiter, the final mission of the three-mission NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return program.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.2Oct 15, 2020ESA awards contracts for moon and Mars exploration

Airbus Defence and Space contracted Mecano ID to support development of Teleo, an optical communications demonstration, on the BADR-8 geostationary communications satellite.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.6Oct 2, 2020Momentus forges agreements with Skykraft and Mecano ID

The Airbus Defence and Space site in Friedrichshafen, Germany will head an industrial consortium of companies from 19 countries to deliver CRISTAL.

RelationshipsPlanValue 3.6Sep 23, 2020ESA selects Airbus to build CRISTAL

The European Space Agency signed a 300-million-euro contract with Airbus Defence and Space on 2020-09-21 to develop the Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter (CRISTAL) satellite for the European Union’s Copernicus program.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanCapabilityValue 5.0Sep 23, 2020Airbus signs $350 million contract to build CRISTAL ice-monitoring satellite for EU

Yahsat contracted Airbus Defence and Space on 2020-08-27 to build a satellite for Thuraya.

RelationshipsValue 4.4Aug 28, 2020Yahsat begins Thuraya fleet refresh with Airbus satellite order

Arabsat ordered a geostationary communications satellite from Airbus Defence and Space on 2022-08-18.

RelationshipsValue 4.5Aug 18, 2020Arabsat orders all-electric Airbus satellite

Airbus Defence and Space will build Badr-8 using the Eurostar Neo all-electric platform.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.2Aug 18, 2020Arabsat orders all-electric Airbus satellite

The ESA-led competition to select second-generation Galileo suppliers is arranged on behalf of the European Commission and pits OHB against Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Aug 14, 2020ESA sets stage for three-way competition to build next-generation Galileo constellation

Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space Italy built the first four Galileo satellites used to validate the constellation concept.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Aug 14, 2020ESA sets stage for three-way competition to build next-generation Galileo constellation

Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space both helped build the Galileo ground segment, giving them familiarity with the constellation.

RelationshipsValue 3.6Aug 14, 2020ESA sets stage for three-way competition to build next-generation Galileo constellation

Telesat and Airbus Defence and Space have received study contracts to design potential spacecraft buses for Blackjack.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.2Aug 6, 2020Maxar backs away from Telesat LEO competition

Airbus Defence and Space will partner with Thales Alenia Space of Italy on the Earth Return Orbiter spacecraft.

RelationshipsValue 4.4Jul 29, 2020NASA and ESA outline cost of Mars sample return

ESA plans to award a contract to Airbus Defence and Space of France to build the Earth Return Orbiter.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jul 29, 2020NASA and ESA outline cost of Mars sample return

Airbus Defence and Space manufactured the Anasis-2 satellite in France.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jul 20, 2020SpaceX Falcon 9 launches South Korea’s Anasis-2 military satellite
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