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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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The PAZ-2 program has 65% national participation under the leadership of Airbus Defence and Space as the prime contractor for the space segment.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Jan 30, 2026Airbus e Hisdesat estendono l’accordo per i satelliti radar PAZ-2

Integrating Skynopy’s ground station services into Airbus Defence and Space operations optimizes data acquisition and downlink performance through the OneAtlas platform, reducing the time between image acquisition and data availability.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 29, 2026Latest News

Skynopy secured a contract with Airbus Defence and Space to support enhancement of the ground segment for very high-resolution optical imagery services based on the Pléiades Neo constellation on Jan. 28.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.5Jan 29, 2026Latest News

Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space are established players supporting mobility to geostationary orbit in the orbit-raising and mobility market.

GeneralValue 1.5Jan 29, 2026Autophage rocket concept wins EU prize for debris free launch technology

Airbus Defence and Space has an agreement with Skynopy to leverage Skynopy’s software-defined ground station technology to decrease latency for the Pléiades Neo Earth observation constellation.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 28, 2026Airbus Taps Skynopy for Pléiades Neo Ground Stations

Skynopy will integrate its ground station services into Airbus Defence and Space operations with the goal of reducing the time from image capture to upload to Airbus’ OneAtlas platform.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jan 28, 2026Airbus Taps Skynopy for Pléiades Neo Ground Stations

Airbus Defence and Space operates the Pléiades Neo Next programme as the successor to the Pléiades Neo constellation.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.8Jan 27, 2026Airbus Selects Vega C to Launch First Pléiades Neo Next Satellite

The Pléiades Neo Next program is funded, produced, and operated by Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.2Jan 27, 2026Airbus lancia Pléiades Neo Next nel 2028 con Vega C da Kourou

Unions cited employee departures to competitors and erosion of ACS's systems and identity as risks from absorbing ACS into Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsGovernanceValue 2.8Jan 20, 2026Airbus Runs into Opposition with Satellite Business Consolidation

Airbus Defence and Space CEO Mike Schoellhorn linked the reorganisation to broader geopolitical pressures on Europe's defence and security industry in comments made in July 2025.

GovernanceValue 2.0Jan 20, 2026Airbus Runs into Opposition with Satellite Business Consolidation

Airbus Defence and Space and OneWeb created the joint venture Airbus OneWeb Satellites in January 2016 to produce 900 satellites for OneWeb's broadband constellation.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jan 20, 2026Airbus Runs into Opposition with Satellite Business Consolidation

Project Bromo would bring together Airbus Defence and Space's Space Systems and Space Digital businesses, Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio joint ventures, and Thales' SESO optics business.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.2Jan 20, 2026Airbus Runs into Opposition with Satellite Business Consolidation

Airbus Defence and Space is the manufacturer of the OneWeb satellites.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 20, 2026Eutelsat firma un acuerdo con MaiaSpace para lanzar satélites OneWeb

The CFDT Airbus Defence & Space release on 18 December stated that ACS is to be absorbed by Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsValue 3.8Jan 20, 2026Airbus Runs into Opposition with Satellite Business Consolidation

ACS continued to exist as a legal entity according to company records despite the planned absorption by Airbus Defence and Space.

LegalGovernanceValue 2.6Jan 20, 2026Airbus Runs into Opposition with Satellite Business Consolidation

Airbus Defence and Space is absorbing Airbus Constellations Satellites (ACS).

RelationshipsValue 4.0Jan 20, 2026Airbus Runs into Opposition with Satellite Business Consolidation

Eutelsat signed a multi-launch agreement with MaiaSpace to deploy some of Eutelsat’s 440 OneWeb replenishment satellites built by Airbus Defence and Space, with launches possibly beginning as soon as 2027.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.7Jan 19, 2026Liftoff for European launch startups

The satellites in the Satcom-SpainSat NG Program have been manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space through their French and Spanish subsidiaries under a contract signed by Hisdesat.

RelationshipsValue 4.6Jan 16, 2026Hisdesat fabricará un nuevo satélite para Defensa tras el incidente espacial que afectó al SpainSat NG II

Eutelsat ordered 340 new OneWeb satellites from Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsValue 5.0Jan 16, 2026Latest News

The OneWeb satellites to be launched aboard MaiaSpace will be part of the 440 satellites contracted with Airbus Defence and Space for manufacturing.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jan 15, 2026Eutelsat Awards MaiaSpace Multi-Launch Contract for OneWeb Satellites
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