{"title":"Airbus Defence & Space vs OHB: Platforms compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/airbus-defence-space-vs-ohb","comparison":"Airbus Defence & Space ranks 8 on the Space 100 with a score of 85; OHB ranks 32 with 78. Airbus Defence & Space is ahead on technology and firepower. Level on deployment, production, commercials, progress, positioning and leverage. Airbus Defence & Space is based in Taufkirchen, Germany, OHB in Bremen, Germany. Airbus Defence & Space: Subsidiary. OHB: Public. Airbus Defence & Space is named in 50 signals and OHB in 54.","companies":[{"name":"Airbus Defence & Space","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/airbus-defence-space","city":"Taufkirchen","country":"Germany","stage":"Subsidiary","founded":null,"last_round":null,"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).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":8,"score":85,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":9,"firepower":10,"commercial":10,"deployment":8,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"Airbus Defence & Space builds and integrates satellite platforms, including the SpainSat NG 2 platform and 66 platforms for the IRIS² constellation.","segment":"Platforms","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft"},"signals_total":50,"facts_total":11},{"name":"OHB","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/ohb","city":"Bremen","country":"Germany","stage":"Public","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"OHB is Europe's listed pure-play space prime (ETR:OHB, family-led, 25 years public) at full demand, with H1-26 operating performance of EUR 628M (double-digit growth), adjusted EBITDA of EUR 60M (+30%), FY26 guidance of ~EUR 1.4B, and a record EUR 3,354M backlog. Its EPS-Sterna microsatellite constellation (EUR 248M) is OHB Sweden's largest-ever order, its MT Aerospace unit is the largest German Ariane supplier, and it sees a ~EUR 20B pipeline, though Q2 order intake was lumpy and Access-to-Space margins are soft on ramp costs. Its subsidiary RFA's first flight was delayed again; its stock rose 321% over the year to a ~$6.1B market cap.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":32,"score":78,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":9,"firepower":8,"commercial":10,"deployment":8,"production":8,"technology":6},"why":"OHB develops, builds and integrates satellite platforms for institutional and commercial customers, including IRIS2 platforms, MTG weather satellites and Galileo hardware.","segment":"Platforms","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft"},"signals_total":54,"facts_total":72}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}