Articles by Airbus Defence and Space

Airbus Defence and Space has successfully completed the final integration and testing of the new Telstar 12 VANTAGE satellite for Telesat and transported it to Japan for launch.

Airbus Defence and Space has signed a feasibility study contract with CNES, the French space agency, for future French space-based civil and military Earth observation systems.

Airbus Defence and Space has received two contracts worth approximately €130 million from Australia’s new Capability, Acquisition and Sustainment Group to equip and support nine military and civil/military Australian airfields with, what is claimed to be the world’s newest and most powerful airport surveillance sensors.

The Sentinel-5 Precursor platform and the TROPOMI instrument have been integrated to form the satellite which will be leaving the UK for testing. Airbus Defence and Space will deliver the spacecraft to Intespace in Toulouse, France, for final system level testing.

OneWeb Ltd. is forming a joint venture with Airbus Defence and Space as the design and manufacturing partner for its fleet of telecom class microsatellites.

Airbus Defence and Space has signed a four year framework agreement with the Norwegian Defence Logistic Organisation for the provision of X-band satellite capacity.

The Airbus Defence and Space built C-Band radar instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite is on its way to ‘meet’ its spacecraft at Thales Alenia Space (TAS), Italy.

Beijing Just Top Network Communications Co Ltd. has awarded a new contract to Airbus Defence and Space covering the support and maintenance of the Beijing Government Shared Tetra Network, which has been in operation since 2003. This three-year contract includes services such as on-site and emergency support, software maintenance, hardware repair and a help desk.

Airbus Defence and Space has delivered the Comcept very-high speed satellite network to the French defence procurement agency.

Airbus Defence and Space has partnered with Spectra Group (UK) Ltd to provide services which give global government users of tactical radios the ability to extend their communications reach to beyond-line-of-sight using commercial satcom.