Airbus Eyes MBDA-Like Company To Fix Europe’s Satellite Problem

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Airbus is looking for more scale in satellite production through a partnership with other European spacecraft-makers.

Credit: Airbus
Airbus Chief Executive Guillaume Faury says talks with Leonardo and Thales to fix an overcapacity problem in European satellite development and production could lead to creating a combined entity modeled on missile-maker MBDA. The companies for months have been in talks about how to deal with the...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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