Airbus Defence & Space ranks 8 on the Space 100 with a score of 85; Redwire ranks 28 with 79. Airbus Defence & Space is ahead on production, commercials and firepower. Redwire is ahead on deployment. Level on progress, technology, positioning and leverage. Airbus Defence & Space is based in Taufkirchen, Germany, Redwire in Jacksonville, United States. Airbus Defence & Space: Subsidiary. Redwire: Established. Airbus Defence & Space is named in 50 signals and Redwire in 83.
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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Seeker is Redwire’s space-rated camera and navigation-sensor line, sold to spacecraft and constellation builders for imaging and attitude determination.
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Redwire is a US space-infrastructure maker (NYSE:RDW) whose imaging and navigation technology flew on Artemis II (the first crewed Artemis mission), with FY25 revenue of $335.4M (+10%), FY26 guidance of $450-500M, and a record $498.1M backlog, though it is not yet profitable (a Q1-26 net loss of $85.5M). It is moving up the food chain as one of 14 vendors on the $1.8B Andromeda IDIQ and prime on DARPA's Otter VLEO spacecraft, while adding defense recurring orders through its Edge Autonomy UAS line. Its stock fell ~27% over the year on dilution and burn fears despite growth, embodying the sector's growth-versus-profitability tension.
83 signals name Redwire.
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Airbus Defence & Space ranks 8 on the Space 100 with a score of 85; Redwire ranks 28 with 79. Airbus Defence & Space is ahead on production, commercials and firepower. Redwire is ahead on deployment. Level on progress, technology, positioning and leverage. Airbus Defence & Space is based in Taufkirchen, Germany, Redwire in Jacksonville, United States. Airbus Defence & Space: Subsidiary. Redwire: Established. Airbus Defence & Space is named in 50 signals and Redwire in 83.
Airbus Defence & Space ranks 8 on the Space 100 with a score of 85; Redwire ranks 28 with 79. Airbus Defence & Space is ahead on production, commercials and firepower. Redwire is ahead on deployment. Level on progress, technology, positioning and leverage. Airbus Defence & Space is based in Taufkirchen, Germany, Redwire in Jacksonville, United States. Airbus Defence & Space: Subsidiary. Redwire: Established. Airbus Defence & Space is named in 50 signals and Redwire in 83. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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