{"city":"Taufkirchen","name":"Airbus Defence & Space","slug":"airbus-defence-space","facts":[{"date":"2026-09-17","type":"partnership","value":"Thales Alenia Space, Airbus Defence and Space and RADMOR signed an agreement to develop Poland’s geostationary defense telecommunications satellite","source":"Thales Alenia Space"},{"date":"2026-09-11","type":"contract","value":"Eutelsat awarded European contractors satellite and payload contracts for the IRIS² constellation","source":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"contract","value":"Airbus Defence and Space selected to build and integrate 66 IRIS2 low Earth orbit satellites","source":"European Spaceflight"},{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"contract","value":"Orders placed for all 348 satellite platforms planned for the IRIS2 constellation","source":"European Spaceflight"},{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"partnership","value":"Airbus and Thales Alenia Space began developing the first layer of Eutelsat’s IRIS² satellite constellation","source":"Electronics Weekly"},{"date":"2026-01-01","type":"revenue_band","value":"[object Object]","source":"SpaceNews"}],"peers":[{"name":"Thales Alenia Space","rank":12,"slug":"thales-alenia-space","score":"82.5"},{"name":"Muon Space","rank":20,"slug":"muon-space","score":"81"},{"name":"K2 Space","rank":22,"slug":"k2-space","score":"80.5"},{"name":"Millennium Space Systems","rank":23,"slug":"millennium-space-systems","score":"80"},{"name":"The Exploration Company","rank":26,"slug":"the-exploration-company","score":"79.5"},{"name":"Redwire","rank":28,"slug":"redwire","score":"79"}],"stage":"Subsidiary","state":"Bavaria","aliases":["Airbus Defence and Space","Solar Orbiter"],"country":"Germany","domains":[{"why":"Airbus Defence & Space builds and integrates satellite platforms, including the SpainSat NG 2 platform and 66 platforms for the IRIS² constellation.","list":"Space 100","rank":8,"tier":"member","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft","total":85,"domain":"Space","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":9,"firepower":10,"commercial":10,"deployment":8,"production":8,"technology":8},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Platforms"}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-10-28","header":"Airbus Defence and Space received a contract to build two additional next-generation Galileo satellites.","outlet":"Space24"},{"date":"2026-10-08","header":"Solar Orbiter traced a solar-wind magnetic switchback to the Sun’s surface.","outlet":"ESA Top News"},{"date":"2026-10-08","header":"ESA’s Solar Orbiter traced a solar-wind magnetic switchback to the Sun’s surface.","outlet":"ESA Top News"},{"date":"2026-10-05","header":"Airbus delivered 32 next-generation OneWeb satellites to Eutelsat.","outlet":"Satellite Evolution"},{"date":"2026-10-02","header":"Airbus Defence and Space completed the first 32 satellites for Eutelsat OneWeb’s refresh program.","outlet":"Via Satellite"},{"date":"2026-09-30","header":"ESA commissioned parallel concept studies for a European LEO space station","outlet":"Space24"}],"website":"https://airbus.com","category":"Space · Satellites & spacecraft","categories":[{"name":"Platforms","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Satellites & spacecraft"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-29T10:01:30.307+00:00","facts_total":11,"positioning":"Airbus Defence & Space is the space division of Airbus SE, a full-line prime with the OneSat software-defined GEO line, EO systems, and a launch stake via ArianeGroup, and winner of Eutelsat OneWeb's 440-satellite next-generation constellation order. It is party to the Airbus/Leonardo/Thales space-merger MoU (late 2025, Project Bromo class), whose fate is the biggest single variable in European space industrial structure. Figures are group- or division-scoped (a dedicated filings pass owed).","sub_category":"Platforms","signals_total":50,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/airbus-defence-space","title":"Airbus Defence & Space · space, Taufkirchen, Bavaria, Germany · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Airbus Defence & Space builds and integrates satellite platforms, including the SpainSat NG 2 platform and 66 platforms for the IRIS² constellation. Space 100 rank 8 (score 85) 50 signals and 11 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}