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now part of Airbus Defence & Space: Swales Aerospace: United States bought by Alliant Techsystems, now Orbital ATK: TRANSPACE Technologies [16] India On-Board Satellite Systems Fabrication, Testing and Reliability Analysis TRW: United States nearly 200 [17] now part of Northrop Grumman Space Technology: TsSKB-Progress: Russia
Airbus Defence and Space is a division of Airbus SE. Formed in 2014 in the restructuring of European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS), Airbus SE comprises the former Airbus Military, Astrium, and Cassidian divisions. [6] Contributing 21% of Airbus revenues in 2016, it is the second largest space company in the world. [7] [8]
The project is the first space tourism entry by a major aerospace contractor. It is a rocket plane with a large wingspan, straight rearwards wing and a pair of canards. [4] Propulsion is ensured by classical turbofan jet engines for the atmospheric phase [5] and a methane-oxygen rocket engine for the space tourism phase. It can carry a pilot ...
Astrium was a European aerospace company and subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), headquartered in Paris.It designed, developed and manufactured civil and military space systems and provided related services from 2006 to 2013.
[22] [23] [24] EPI GmbH is tasked with designing, developing, marketing, manufacturing and providing support for the TP400-D6 turboprop engine to power the Airbus A400M Atlas, a military airlifter manufactured by Airbus Defence & Space. [25] [23] [24] [26] The TP400 is the most powerful turboprop in the world currently in production. [27] [28]
The Zephyr is a series of high-altitude platform station aircraft produced by Airbus. They were designed originally by QinetiQ, a commercial offshoot of the UK Ministry of Defence. In July 2010, the Zephyr 7 flew for 14 days. In March 2013, the project was sold to Airbus Defence and Space. In the summer of 2022, the Zephyr 8/S flew for 64 days.
The Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility is an assembly site for Airbus's Commercial Airplanes division, located at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The plant is an assembly and delivery site for Airbus commercial aircraft in the United States and one of the largest employment centers in the state.
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