division of Airbus Group (SE) specialized in the defense and aerospace industry
All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
The PAZ-2 program has 65% national participation under the leadership of Airbus Defence and Space as the prime contractor for the space segment.
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.
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.
Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space are established players supporting mobility to geostationary orbit in the orbit-raising and mobility market.
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.
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.
Airbus Defence and Space operates the Pléiades Neo Next programme as the successor to the Pléiades Neo constellation.
The Pléiades Neo Next program is funded, produced, and operated by Airbus Defence and Space.
Unions cited employee departures to competitors and erosion of ACS's systems and identity as risks from absorbing ACS into Airbus Defence and Space.
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.
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.
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.
Airbus Defence and Space is the manufacturer of the OneWeb satellites.
The CFDT Airbus Defence & Space release on 18 December stated that ACS is to be absorbed by Airbus Defence and Space.
ACS continued to exist as a legal entity according to company records despite the planned absorption by Airbus Defence and Space.
Airbus Defence and Space is absorbing Airbus Constellations Satellites (ACS).
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.
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.
Eutelsat ordered 340 new OneWeb satellites from Airbus Defence and Space.
The OneWeb satellites to be launched aboard MaiaSpace will be part of the 440 satellites contracted with Airbus Defence and Space for manufacturing.