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Airbus Defence and Space Spaceplane was a suborbital spaceplane concept for carrying space tourists, proposed by Airbus Defence and Space. A full-size mockup was officially unveiled in Paris, France, on 13 June 2007, [77] and is now on display in the Concorde hall of the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace. [78]
Airbus has announced plans to slash up to 2,500 jobs in its defense and space division, citing a “complex business environment” marked by challenges including rising costs and “rapid changes ...
Boeing competitor Airbus on Wednesday announced it would take steps to cut 2,500 jobs in the company’s defense and space division through the middle of 2026. Airbus said the job cuts would ...
The consortium is tasked with developing Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) which is a secure military network for the MoD (United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence). [1] This is the largest, most complex information infrastructure rolled out in Europe and connects 300,000 users and 150,000 terminals in 2,000 MoD locations around the world.
The Skynet contract allows Airbus Defence and Space to sell surplus bandwidth, through the Skynet partner programme, to NATO and allied governments, including the Five Eyes intelligence alliance members (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States). [4] As of 2020, seven Skynet satellites are operating, plus Anik G1.
Airbus has launched a review of its defence strategy that could open the door to more strategic partnerships as Europe's arms makers juggle security threats and pressure from some investors ...
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 ...
Earlier on Thursday, the world's largest planemaker reported a new 300 million euro ($313.20 million) charge for its troubled Space business. Airbus has piled up almost 2 billion euros of total ...