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A division of Airbus SE trading under AIR.PA, Airbus Defence & Space builds satellites, launch vehicles, ISS modules, and Earth observation systems.
AIR.PAACTIVEAirbus Defence and Space is the Munich-headquartered defence and space division of Airbus SE, organised into Air Power, Space Systems and Connected Intelligence. Space Systems builds telecommunications, Earth observation, navigation and science satellites and human-rated orbital modules; launchers are offered via ArianeGroup, a 50/50 Airbus-Safran joint venture.
Airbus Defence and Space is the Munich-headquartered defence and space division of Airbus SE, organised into Air Power, Space Systems and Connected Intelligence. Space Systems builds telecommunications, Earth observation, navigation and science satellites and human-rated orbital modules; launchers are offered via ArianeGroup, a 50/50 Airbus-Safran joint venture.
Not ranked: Data in 1 pillar; at least 2 are needed to rank.
1 of 3 inputs measured · Insufficient data · 67% of applicable weight backed by data
Space activity evidence: Diversified aerospace group whose subsector “full-spectrum-space” names its space line: “Space Systems” revenue EUR 2,933.7M ($3,447.1M at 1.175 U.S. dollars per EUR on 2025-12-31), fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 (Airbus reports Space Systems as 22% of the division’s external revenue of EUR 13,335M; the share is rounded to a whole percent, so the line is between EUR 2,867M and EUR 3,000M), cited from Airbus FY Results 2025 presentation, slide 13, Airbus Defence and Space, External Revenue Split. Evidence register
Not measured: Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-13 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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ZI DU PALAYS 31 RUE DES COSMONAUTES, Munich, Germany 31400
Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees, Parent
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No private round on record before Jul 2000. IPO, offerings, debt and unconverted notes are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
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APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 14). Airbus Defence & Space: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/airbus-defence-space
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Airbus Defence & Space: Company dossier." Data as of October 14, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/airbus-defence-space.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_airbusdefencespace_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Airbus Defence \& Space}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/airbus-defence-space}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/airbus-defence-space},
urldate = {2026-10-14},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-14; each fact links its primary source}
}