Airbus Defence and Space

Private companyFounded 2014Taufkirchen, Bavaria, Germany airbus.com
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The defence and space division of Airbus SE, formed in 2014 from Airbus Military, Astrium and Cassidian. In space it builds the European Service Module for NASA/ESA's Orion spacecraft, the Eurostar and OneSat telecommunications satellite platforms, the Pléiades and Pléiades Neo Earth-observation satellites, and Ariane launcher structures. Its results consolidate into Airbus SE.

At a glance

Employees~36,3472024 · Airbus / Wikipedia
Active missions2
OwnershipPrivate
FoundedJanuary 1, 2014
HeadquartersTaufkirchen, Bavaria, Germany
WikidataQ15529123

Private company — financial figures are public estimates.

Division of Airbus SE (Euronext: AIR); not separately traded.

Missions 3

Operating or building 2 active missions — including Solar Orbiter, BepiColombo.

Active 2

Past 1

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