Spain is acquiring another 25 Eurofighters through Madrid’s Halcon II program, adding to 20 aircraft ordered in June 2022 through the original Halcon I buy.
European officials plan to move quickly to put on contract risk reduction efforts for the IRIS² satellite communications program to mature critical tech.
The UK Defense Ministry has awarded a contract to Airbus’s Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for an Earth-observation satellite in a push toward sovereign ISR.
Airbus says India-assembled C295s will start rolling off the local production facility in 2026, as it disclosed the inauguration of the Vadodara FAL in Gujarat.
Airbus says it will cut staff and reorganize its Defense and Space unit to respond to business challenges that have dented the company’s earnings since 2023.
The EU says it has received one bid from the SpaceRISE consortium—SAS, Eutelsat and Hispasat—to develop and deploy the sovereign satcom constellation IRIS2.
Airbus and Lockheed have pulled the plug on their respective efforts to win a UK Defense Ministry competition to introduce a new fleet of medium rotorcraft.
Leonardo is talking to Airbus and Thales about linking their satellite manufacturing businesses, officials say—which could help the companies to deal with slow demand.
Airbus is starting to make changes to its satellite plans, including becoming more conservative on potentially high-risk programs, after a series of earnings hits.
Airbus Defense and Space's Michael Schoellhorn said there may be opportunities for collaboration between the two big future combat aircraft programs being pursued in Europe.
Germany has awarded Airbus a €2.1 billion ($2.3 billion) contract to build the new SatcomBW 3 constellation due to be deployed before the end of the decade.
Al Yah Satellite Communications says it has selected SpaceX and the Falcon 9 to launch the Al Yah 4 and Al Yah 5 satellites it recently ordered from Airbus.
Airbus is considering major changes to its space operations after a program review identified almost $1 billion in higher costs on critical satellite contracts.
