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Airbus is the only European company to have mass-produced a large constellation, producing satellites at a factory in Florida in partnership with OneWeb.
Up to 11 easyJet Airbus A320neo aircraft are taking part in the first commercial Iris flights across Europe.
Airbus and Voyager signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Space Agency in November to study how Starlab could serve ESA’s needs after the retirement of the International Space Station.
Airbus completed delivery of two C295 MSA aircraft to the Irish Defence Forces earlier 2023.
Airbus completed delivery of two C295 MSA aircraft to the Irish Defence Forces in 2023.
Airbus and Voyager Space signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Space Agency on 2023-11-09 during the European Space Summit in Seville, Spain.
Airbus and Northrop Grumman signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop and foster a strategic partnership in military satellite communications for the United Kingdom’s future wideband SKYNET military satellite communications program.
Airbus implemented changes to its leadership team led by Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury.
From 2024-01-01, the Airbus leadership team led by CEO Guillaume Faury will consist of Thierry Baril as Chief Human Resources Officer, Bruno Even as CEO Airbus Helicopters, Alberto Gutierrez as EVP Special Industrial Projects, John Harrison as General Counsel, Catherine Jestin as EVP Digital and Information Management, Julie Kitcher as Chief Sustainability Officer and Communications, Sabine Klauke as Chief Technology Officer, Christian Scherer as CEO Commercial Aircraft, Mike Schoellhorn as CEO Airbus Defence and Space, Thomas Toepfer as Chief Financial Officer, Jeff Knittel as Chairman and CEO Airbus Americas, Matthieu Louvot as EVP Strategy, Wouter van Wersch as EVP International, and George Xu as CEO Airbus China.
Voyager Space and Airbus formed a transatlantic joint venture to develop and operate the Starlab space station with plans to launch Starlab before the International Space Station is decommissioned.
Airbus partnered with DG Fuels to foster the production of sustainable aviation fuel in the United States.
Airbus is working with Xenesis to provide broadband data downlink capability to customers on the Bartolomeo platform.
Airbus’s second WoT wing demonstrator was completed by the team in Broughton, Wales and delivered to the Wing Technology Development Centre at Filton.
Making wings longer, leaner, and lighter is identified by Airbus as one of the biggest opportunities to improve fuel efficiency, reduce CO2, and help the aviation industry pursue net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Badr-8 is equipped with Airbus’ TELEO space demonstrator to provide space-to-ground optical communications at gigabit speeds.
The TELEO demonstrator payload is designed to facilitate very high-capacity optical feeder link communications and to support Airbus’ development of a new generation of optical communications technology in space.
Airbus delivered MEASAT-3b in 2014, the largest satellite ordered by Malaysia’s communications sector.
Airbus selected the National Satellite Test Facility at Harwell in Oxfordshire to carry out the comprehensive test campaign for the UK Ministry of Defence’s SKYNET 6A.
Airbus selected the National Satellite Test Facility at Harwell in Oxfordshire to carry out the comprehensive test campaign for the UK Ministry of Defence’s SKYNET 6A satellite.
The Airbus TELEO demonstrator will be used to validate technical scenarios and innovations for GEO-to-ground communications at the order of one terabit per second.