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Airbus Defence and Space stated that its FY2025 adjusted EBIT reflects higher volumes and improved profitability in line with the divisional mid-term trajectory.
Airbus Defence and Space incurred more than 1 billion euro in charges in 2024 from estimates at completion in certain satellite programs.
Airbus Defence and Space reported an adjusted EBIT of €798 million in FY2025 (6.0% of revenues) compared with an adjusted EBIT loss of €566 million (-4.7% of revenues) in FY2024.
The agreement adds another radar data stream to Airbus’s portfolio and strengthens Airbus’s position as a multi-source intelligence provider.
Airbus is working to close a space merger with Thales and Leonardo that was announced in October to create a larger unified European space prime.
Airbus Defence and Space attributed its revenues increase in FY2025 to higher volumes across all business units.
Synspective will provide satellite capacity at short revisit rates for Airbus customers.
Thomas Toepfer, CFO of Airbus, expects Airbus Defence and Space to achieve a mid- to high-single-digit margin by 2028.
Synspective's SAR satellites will operate alongside Airbus radar assets TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X, and PAZ.
Airbus Defence and Space recorded 100 million euro in charges in 2025 due to a cost mitigation plan that started in 2024.
Airbus gains access to Synspective's growing constellation of SAR satellites under the agreement.
An ongoing structural industrial transformation could include a potential integration of Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo’s space businesses under a project referred to as Bromo.
Sophie Adenot studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked at Airbus as a helicopter cockpit designer.
An international collaboration block at SSSIF 2026 will be moderated by Meghan Allen of the Space Foundation and will include Roger Hunter (NASA), Jon Goff (Gravities), Andrew Faiola (Astroscale), Troy Brashear (Northrop Grumman), Bill Williams (Lockheed Martin), and Keli Jones (Airbus).
The new Airbus-manufactured satellites will progressively replace existing OneWeb satellites as their operational life ends to ensure full operational continuity for OneWeb customers.
Planetary Utilities cites engineers at The Aerospace Corporation, Airbus, and SAIC as customers.
The financing backs a contract with Airbus Defense and Space for 340 additional LEO satellites, on top of the 100 satellites already ordered.
The 440-satellite total order will be manufactured at Airbus Defense and Space’s Toulouse facility.
Synspective signed a radar satellite data framework agreement with Airbus Defence and Space on February 10, 2026.
Airbus selected Skynopy to support Pléiades Neo ground stations.