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Airbus Defence and Space is absorbing Airbus Constellations Satellites (ACS).
The Keysight–Airbus UpNext collaboration aligns with broader European initiatives to strengthen technological sovereignty in advanced connectivity and aerospace innovation.
The collaboration between Keysight and Airbus UpNext aims to foster a non-proprietary, standardized ecosystem for satellite communications.
Airbus Space posted on X on 19 January 2026 an image confirming the SLS rocket on the launch pad and the readiness of the launch system for Artemis II.
Project Bromo is an initiative to consolidate space activities among multiple European companies, with consolidating Airbus's satellite business as a first step.
Phase 1 of Commercial LEO Destinations funded three partnerships through Space Act Agreements: Blue Origin/Sierra Space for Orbital Reef, Axiom Space for a modular station approach, and Voyager Space partnered with Airbus for Starlab.
Under Project Bromo ownership plans, Leonardo and Thales would each hold a 32.5% stake and Airbus would hold a 35% majority stake.
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 and OneWeb created the joint venture Airbus OneWeb Satellites in January 2016 to produce 900 satellites for OneWeb's broadband constellation.
Airbus implemented the new organisation for its Defence and Space division effective 1 July 2025.
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) announced a collaboration with Airbus UpNext on the SpaceRAN demonstrator on January 20.
ACS won a contract in December 2024 to build 100 satellites for Eutelsat's OneWeb constellation after Airbus assumed full ownership.
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 CEO Mike Schoellhorn linked the reorganisation to broader geopolitical pressures on Europe's defence and security industry in comments made in July 2025.
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.
ArianeGroup is jointly owned by Airbus and Safran.
Unions warned that ACS risks losing agility within Airbus's bureaucracy as ACS teams are dispersed across major Airbus Defence and Space departments.
The European Service Module for the Orion spacecraft is developed and built by Airbus.
Airbus announced plans to reorganise its Defence and Space division in October 2024 with a focus on its Space Systems segment.