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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 built the Anasis-2 using the Eurostar E3000 satellite bus.

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

Airbus Defence and Space will build the Skynet-6A satellite in the United Kingdom and arrange a 2025 launch.

PlanRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.5Jul 19, 2020British military finalizes Skynet-6A contract with Airbus

Airbus Defence and Space’s German and Spanish divisions were awarded prime contracts totaling €675 million for two of the six Copernicus missions.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.0Jul 6, 2020Thales Alenia Space wins lion’s share of newly awarded Copernicus contracts

Faraday-1 included payloads for multiple customers, including Airbus Defence and Space’s Prometheus 1 reprogrammable software-defined radio payload.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 4, 2020Rocket Lab Electron launch fails

Richard Franklin, managing director of Airbus Defence and Space U.K., is eager to work with OneWeb to grow the UK contribution to the business and support the next phase of OneWeb’s operations.

RelationshipsGrowthValue 3.6Jul 3, 2020British government and Bharti Global buy OneWeb, plan $1 billion investment to revive company

Airbus Defence and Space will build a geostationary communications satellite for Optus.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 2, 2020Optus orders OneSat satellite from Airbus

NASA plans to enter into a sole source Blanket Purchase Agreement with Airbus Defence and Space GEO Inc. for unique commercial optical and radar satellite imagery.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.2May 27, 2020NASA taps Airbus for commercial satellite data buy

Airbus Defence and Space performs interferometry by revisiting locations in four to seven days with TerraSAR‑X and Tandem‑X operating in a constellation with Hisdesat’s Paz satellite.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0May 8, 2020Iceye to offer interferometry with small radar satellites

Hisdesat ordered two SpainSat next-generation satellites from Airbus Defence and Space to replace Xtar-Eur and SpainSat in 2023.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Apr 22, 2020Xtar, Hisdesat weigh life extension for aging satellites

OneWeb’s satellites were built in Merritt Island, Florida through a joint venture with Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Mar 21, 2020Soyuz launches 34 OneWeb satellites

Airbus Defence and Space designed the servicer to use all-electric propulsion and robotic elements to grab other satellites for refueling.

CapabilityValue 4.0Mar 11, 2020Airbus impressed by Northrop Grumman, but remains undecided on satellite servicing

Airbus Defence and Space planned to launch a satellite servicer shortly after Northrop Grumman launched MEV-1 but backed away from those plans two years earlier because of uncertainty about the commercial market.

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Mar 11, 2020Airbus impressed by Northrop Grumman, but remains undecided on satellite servicing

Telesat planned a 300-satellite LEO constellation and was evaluating manufacturers including Maxar Technologies, Thales Alenia Space, and Airbus Defence and Space.

PlanCapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Feb 26, 202020 space industry predictions for 2020

Airbus Defence and Space will build three approximately 3,000-kilogram small GEO satellites for Inmarsat based on the OneSat platform.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.7Feb 21, 2020Geostationary satellite orders bouncing back

Airbus Defence and Space’s revenue from space comprised 26% of its total revenue, which stood at 10,900,000,000 EUR for 2019 and was down 1.4% year over year.

FinancialGeneralValue 4.3Feb 20, 2020Airbus, citing weak space market, to cut more than 2,300 jobs

Postponed defense contracts were a factor in Airbus Defence and Space’s planned layoffs.

GrowthFinancialValue 2.0Feb 20, 2020Airbus, citing weak space market, to cut more than 2,300 jobs

Lower performance in space and efforts to support sales were key contributors to a 40% drop in Airbus Defence and Space’s adjusted earnings before interest and taxes.

FinancialCapabilityValue 3.8Feb 20, 2020Airbus, citing weak space market, to cut more than 2,300 jobs

Airbus Defence and Space’s adjusted earnings before interest and taxes were 565,000,000 EUR in 2019, down from 935,000,000 EUR in 2018.

FinancialValue 4.0Feb 20, 2020Airbus, citing weak space market, to cut more than 2,300 jobs

Airbus Defence and Space employs 35,000 people within Airbus Group’s total workforce of 135,000 employees.

GrowthValue 2.0Feb 20, 2020Airbus, citing weak space market, to cut more than 2,300 jobs

Airbus Defence and Space comprised about 15% of Airbus Group’s 2019 revenue, down from 17% in 2018.

FinancialGeneralValue 4.0Feb 20, 2020Airbus, citing weak space market, to cut more than 2,300 jobs
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