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A recent alliance among Leonardo, Airbus, and Thales strengthens European industrial competitiveness against American and new Asian players.
Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales are partnering to form a new company aimed at strengthening Europe's strategic autonomy in space.
Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo announced their initial agreement to merge their space businesses into one new venture.
Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo have contributed to major European constellations including Galileo, Copernicus, and Italy’s iRIDE.
The new company will enhance capabilities by combining the satellite and space systems manufacturing and space services of Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales.
Sentinel-1D is equipped with a C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) provided by Airbus Defence and Space.
The Ariane rocket is a joint venture between Airbus and Safran.
There are eleven experiments aboard a special Airbus A310 during the parabolic flight campaign.
The Airbus A310 ZERO-G launched from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport at 9:30 AM on October 28, 2025.
Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo plan to merge their respective space assets in 2027 through Project Bromo.
The merger is projected to generate €6.5 billion in sales with an initial joint workforce of 25,000 employees, including 1,500 to 1,700 from Airbus Spain.
The agreed participation structure for the merger is 35% for Airbus, 32.5% for Leonardo, and 32.5% for Thales.
Only in Spain, Airbus employs over 1,500 people.
Airbus intends to secure long-term competitiveness and increase investments and activity levels through the future European space company.
The Airbus section of CFDT expressed skepticism regarding the justification for merging to compete with SpaceX and Starlink.
Fitea 2025 is supported by the Spanish Ministries of Education, Science, Innovation and Universities, and Transport and Sustainable Mobility, along with the Getafe City Council and companies such as Airbus, Indra, Iberia, Enaire, Ineco, and Senasa.
An agreement between Leonardo, Thales, and Airbus represents an important step toward creating an industrial alliance in space.
The consolidation of Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales allows for more effective global competition against U.S. companies.
Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a leading European space player.
Leonardo, Thales, and Airbus signed a Memorandum of Understanding to integrate their space activities, creating an industrial entity with a projected revenue of 6.5 billion euros starting in 2027.