Airbus Defence & Space ranks 8 on the Space 100 with a score of 85; York Space Systems ranks 57 with 72. Airbus Defence & Space is ahead on deployment, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on production, commercials and progress. Airbus Defence & Space is based in Taufkirchen, Germany, York Space Systems in Denver, United States. Airbus Defence & Space: Subsidiary. York Space Systems: Established. Airbus Defence & Space is named in 50 signals and York Space Systems in 54.
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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York Space Systems designs and manufactures satellite platforms, including its S-CLASS spacecraft and newly unveiled LX/V-Class very-low-Earth-orbit platform.
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York Space Systems is a US satellite maker (BlackRock and AE Industrial backed) running a standardized bus production line, having completed a second production lot of tactical communication satellites (June 2026) as an SDA proliferated-constellation bus incumbent, plus a new undisclosed national-security contract. Its 2026 guidance was cut ~32% versus target (contracts delayed rather than lost per the company, with a 2027 rebound promised), embodying the risk of program-timing concentration even for production-line winners. Revenue is 100-500m class (private).
54 signals name York Space Systems.
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Airbus Defence & Space ranks 8 on the Space 100 with a score of 85; York Space Systems ranks 57 with 72. Airbus Defence & Space is ahead on deployment, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on production, commercials and progress. Airbus Defence & Space is based in Taufkirchen, Germany, York Space Systems in Denver, United States. Airbus Defence & Space: Subsidiary. York Space Systems: Established. Airbus Defence & Space is named in 50 signals and York Space Systems in 54.
Airbus Defence & Space ranks 8 on the Space 100 with a score of 85; York Space Systems ranks 57 with 72. Airbus Defence & Space is ahead on deployment, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on production, commercials and progress. Airbus Defence & Space is based in Taufkirchen, Germany, York Space Systems in Denver, United States. Airbus Defence & Space: Subsidiary. York Space Systems: Established. Airbus Defence & Space is named in 50 signals and York Space Systems in 54. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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