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Airbus

NL
commercialFounded 2014
Blagnac, France
www.airbus.com
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Airbus Group generated 70,500,000,000 EUR in revenue in 2019, up from 63,700,000,000 EUR in 2018.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductFeb 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.

Mentioned as: Airbus GroupTechnical ProductFeb 20, 2020Airbus, citing weak space market, to cut more than 2,300 jobs

GEO-KOMPSAT-2B has a mass of 3,400 kg and carries an ocean imaging payload from Airbus Defence and Space and an environmental spectrometer from Ball Aerospace.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductFeb 18, 2020Japanese communications satellite and South Korean weather satellite launch on Ariane 5

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft has a mass of 1,800 kg and was built by Airbus Defence and Space for the European Space Agency.

Mentioned as: airbus defence and spaceTechnical ProductFeb 10, 2020Atlas launches Solar Orbiter mission

OneWeb experienced a larger-than-expected learning curve transitioning from building the first 10 satellites at an Airbus factory in France to producing two satellites per day at the Florida factory.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipFeb 6, 2020OneWeb plans April launch break to tweak satellite design

OneWeb is building its constellation at a new factory in Merritt Island, Florida, operated by OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture with Airbus Defence and Space.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipFeb 6, 2020OneWeb plans April launch break to tweak satellite design

ESA is responsible for the Sentinel-6 satellite, which is being built by Airbus Defence and Space.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductJan 28, 2020Earth science mission named after former NASA official

HawkEye 360 formed a strategic partnership with Airbus on 2020-01-20 in Herndon, Virginia.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductJan 20, 2020HawkEye 360 and Airbus Form Strategic Partnership

Airbus and HawkEye 360 will deliver geospatial intelligence solutions that were not previously commercially available.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductJan 20, 2020HawkEye 360 and Airbus Form Strategic Partnership

The Airbus–HawkEye 360 partnership enables fusion of complementary EO, SAR, and RF data sets to support a tip-and-cueing Multi-INT system for global situational awareness.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductJan 20, 2020HawkEye 360 and Airbus Form Strategic Partnership

HawkEye 360 will offer Airbus’s earth observation optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) products jointly with HawkEye 360’s RF solutions to serve defense and intelligence customers.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJan 20, 2020HawkEye 360 and Airbus Form Strategic Partnership

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) provided approval for Airbus to close its investment transaction on 2020-01-08.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJan 20, 2020HawkEye 360 and Airbus Form Strategic Partnership

Airbus participated as an investor in HawkEye 360’s $70,000,000 Series B funding in August 2019.

Mentioned as: AirbusTechnical ProductJan 20, 2020HawkEye 360 and Airbus Form Strategic Partnership

Eutelsat 5 West B uses a Northrop Grumman GEOStar-2 platform with an all Ku-band payload from Airbus Defence and Space.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJan 17, 2020Power loss halves Eutelsat 5 West B capacity, hosted payload spared

London-based Seraphim Capital manages over $100,000,000 in capital and counts Airbus, Teledyne, and Telespazio among its backers.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJan 16, 2020Space startups warming to U.S. government as investor, customer

Airbus arranged the launch contracts for both Falcon Eye satellites as part of a contract it signed with the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces in 2013.

Mentioned as: AirbusOrg RelationshipJan 13, 2020UAE’s Falcon Eye 2 satellite switched from Vega to Soyuz

Airbus Defence and Space is providing Euclid’s payload module, including the mission telescope.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductJan 7, 2020ESA selects Arianespace for Euclid dark universe probe launch

Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space are competing with Maxar to build the Telesat LEO constellation.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductDec 30, 2019Maxar to sell Canadian unit for $765 million

Phil Brownnett has worked at Airbus Defence and Space for more than 15 years in roles within the Earth observation business.

Mentioned as: airbus defence and spaceNarrative GeneralDec 18, 2019SSTL appoints new boss • InfoStellar adds Aussie ground stations to network

Phil Brownnett is currently the managing director of Airbus Defence and Space’s U.K. Geo Intelligence business.

Mentioned as: Airbus Defence and SpaceTechnical ProductDec 18, 2019SSTL appoints new boss • InfoStellar adds Aussie ground stations to network
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