Airbus Defence & Space ranks 8 on the Space 100 with a score of 85; Gravitics ranks 75 with 67. Airbus Defence & Space is ahead on production, commercials, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Gravitics is ahead on deployment and progress. Airbus Defence & Space is based in Taufkirchen, Germany, Gravitics in Redmond, United States. Airbus Defence & Space: Subsidiary. Airbus Defence & Space is named in 50 signals and Gravitics in 15.
Airbus Defence & Space builds and integrates satellite platforms, including the SpainSat NG 2 platform and 66 platforms for the IRIS² constellation.
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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).
50 signals name Airbus Defence & Space.
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Gravitics builds and sells Orbital Carriers, including Pathfinder and Diamondback, to the U.S. Space Force and defense contractors for responsive orbital missions.
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Gravitics is a US space-hardware maker (Seattle) whose StarMax is a 400-cubic-meter station module (near half ISS volume in one launch) that pivoted toward aircraft-carriers-in-orbit for the Space Force: the Orbital Carrier pre-positioned deployment bays and the Viper OTV, sharing a 4m-form-factor manufacturing base. It won a SpaceWERX STRATFI (up to $60M combined government and private, April 2026) and has contracted flight demos with Rocket Lab and True Anomaly as program partners. It is pre-revenue (the STRATFI is matched funding, not revenue).
15 signals name Gravitics.
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Airbus Defence & Space ranks 8 on the Space 100 with a score of 85; Gravitics ranks 75 with 67. Airbus Defence & Space is ahead on production, commercials, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Gravitics is ahead on deployment and progress. Airbus Defence & Space is based in Taufkirchen, Germany, Gravitics in Redmond, United States. Airbus Defence & Space: Subsidiary. Airbus Defence & Space is named in 50 signals and Gravitics in 15.
Airbus Defence & Space ranks 8 on the Space 100 with a score of 85; Gravitics ranks 75 with 67. Airbus Defence & Space is ahead on production, commercials, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Gravitics is ahead on deployment and progress. Airbus Defence & Space is based in Taufkirchen, Germany, Gravitics in Redmond, United States. Airbus Defence & Space: Subsidiary. Airbus Defence & Space is named in 50 signals and Gravitics in 15. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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