Airbus Defense and Space

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.

Airbus wants to extend battlefield connectivity of the Future Combat Air System to its helicopters.

Airbus will be converting a secondhand A330 into a technology testbed for its Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) product.

Warsaw is looking to translate large fighter, helicopter and weapons purchases into a stronger defense industrial footprint.

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.

The long corporate nightmare for the airframer’s defense business might be ending as cost cuts and smarter bidding promise a healthier outlook.

Airbus expects to deliver the first of its A330neo-based aerial refueling tankers before the end of the decade through the MRTT+ upgrade.

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.

Guillaume Faury is looking to bring more work in-house in order to deal with supplier issues.

Saudi Arabia is set to become the largest operator of Airbus’ A330 MRTT outside Europe after Riyadh signed a top-up order.

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.

Forces in Europe are doing more in space, including through an increased focus on situational awareness of the domain to address growing threats.

Airbus is considering major changes to its space operations after a program review identified almost $1 billion in higher costs on critical satellite contracts.

Paris drone pact is the first step in structuring the highly fragmented French UAS industry.

French developer Survey Copter is looking to bring its CAPA-X vertical-takeoff-and-landing, fixed-wing uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) to market by the end of 2025.

With funding from an NTT Docomo-led consortium, Aalto is moving more quickly into production of the solar-powered stratospheric aircraft.

Airbus has unveiled concepts for an uncrewed wingman that could support German Air Force Eurofighters in the 2030s.

Kepler Communications says it has used optical inter-satellite links to transfer data between two systems in low-Earth orbit.

Airbus has secured an order from Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. for two more geostationary satcoms and a commitment to work on a LEO system.

A Japanese consortium has committed to invest $100 million in Aalto, the Airbus-owned spinoff company flying the Zephyr high-altitude, pseudo-satellite UAS.

The EarthCARE satellite is designed to determine what role clouds and aerosols play in heating and cooling the atmosphere to better understand climate change.