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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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Bulent Altan briefly worked at Airbus Defence and Space on digital transformation and innovation after leaving SpaceX in 2014.

GovernanceValue 1.8Mar 14, 2019Former SpaceX Starlink exec joins German lasercomm startup

Telesat is actively preparing a low Earth orbit broadband constellation and expects to choose between manufacturers Airbus Defence and Space and a Maxar Technologies–Thales Alenia Space team later in the year.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 7, 2019Inmarsat to place GX Flex next-gen satellite system order this year

Airbus Defence and Space is building Inmarsat-6A and Inmarsat-6B with high-throughput Ka-band and low-throughput L-band payloads.

CapabilityValue 4.5Mar 7, 2019Inmarsat to place GX Flex next-gen satellite system order this year

OneWeb secured launches, built ground stations, and established infrastructure to build two satellites a day through a joint venture with Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsCapabilityGrowthValue 4.0Feb 27, 2019OneWeb’s first six satellites in orbit following Soyuz launch

Airbus Defence and Space and Lockheed Martin Space Systems were invited by the Chilean Air Force to respond to the 2019-02-03 RFI.

RelationshipsPlanValue 3.0Feb 11, 2019Chile weighs commercial replacement for lone spy satellite

Airbus Defence and Space considers the Telesat LEO contract a $3,000,000,000 opportunity.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Feb 11, 2019Telesat LEO contenders pitch Canadian production to sweeten deal

Telesat will decide between Airbus Defence and Space and a Thales Alenia Space–Maxar Technologies team to manufacture its LEO constellation.

RelationshipsValue 4.6Feb 4, 2019GEO satellite orders continued to underwhelm in 2018

Telesat plans to select a satellite manufacturer later 2019 from either Airbus Defence and Space or a team of Thales Alenia Space and Space Systems Loral.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.2Jan 31, 2019Telesat signs New Glenn multi-launch agreement with Blue Origin for LEO missions

Airbus Defence and Space and the Thales Alenia Space–Space Systems Loral team completed systems requirements reviews for Telesat’s constellation on 2019-01-24.

PlanRelationshipsValue 3.5Jan 31, 2019Telesat signs New Glenn multi-launch agreement with Blue Origin for LEO missions

OneWeb Satellites is a joint venture between Airbus Defence and Space and OneWeb to build the constellation.

RelationshipsValue 4.2Jan 25, 2019Wyler claims breakthrough in low-cost antenna for OneWeb, other satellite systems

Airbus Defence and Space was the prime contractor building the 3,565-kilogram CSO-1 satellite.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Dec 19, 2018Arianespace, in final mission of 2018, launches French spy satellite

Airbus Defence and Space is building the CSO satellites using optical cameras from Thales Alenia Space.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 12, 2018FIRST UP Satcom | Arianespace schedules last 2018 launch • Over half the world will be online next year

OneWeb has an order for 1,800 star trackers from Sodern, representing two star trackers per each of the 900 small satellites OneWeb is building with Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 5.0Dec 10, 2018Satellite component supplier Sodern seeks to double output by 2020

Telesat plans to downselect between the Maxar-Thales Alenia Space team and Airbus Defence and Space in the spring of 2019 and has not specified how many of the 300 satellites the winning company will build.

PlanRelationshipsValue 3.5Dec 3, 2018Maxar schedules spending break after WorldView Legion completion

Airbus Defence and Space is building 900 internet satellites for OneWeb through a joint venture and has built a factory in Florida to produce two OneWeb satellites per day.

CapabilityRelationshipsGrowthPlanValue 4.7Dec 3, 2018Maxar schedules spending break after WorldView Legion completion

Airbus Defence and Space received a $2,900,000 study contract from DARPA for Blackjack.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.8Nov 29, 2018Telesat wins study contract for DARPA’s experimental constellation

Airbus Defence and Space built the Mohammed 6-B satellite platform.

CapabilityValue 4.0Nov 20, 2018Arianespace Vega launches second Moroccan Earth-observation satellite

Telesat awarded study contracts to Airbus Defence and Space and to a team of Maxar Technologies and Thales Alenia Space to evaluate how to build its constellation.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.2Nov 15, 2018FCC approves SpaceX, Telesat, LeoSat and Kepler internet constellations

Airbus Defence and Space is responsible for building a sole-sourced Skynet 6 satellite called Skynet 6A that is planned for launch in 2025.

PlanRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.3Nov 7, 2018HTS, megaconstellations feed UK indecisiveness about Skynet 6 program

Metop-C has a mass of 4,084 kg and was built by Airbus Defence and Space for the European weather agency Eumetsat.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Nov 6, 2018Soyuz launches European weather satellite
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