Airbus Defence and Space

Airbus Defence and Space
Company typeDivision
Industry
PredecessorAirbus Military, Astrium, Cassidian [de]
FoundedJanuary 2014; 10 years ago (January 2014)
Headquarters
Taufkirchen
,
Germany
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Michael Schoellhorn (CEO)[1]
ProductsMilitary aircraft, launch vehicles, spacecraft
ServicesCyber security, Military intelligence
RevenueIncrease €11.2 billion[2] (2022)
  • Decrease EU-€118 million (2022)
  • EU€568 million (2021)
[3]
Total assetsIncrease €111.13 billion[4] (2016)
Number of employees
40,000[5]
ParentAirbus
SubsidiariesCRISA, Spot Image, Tesat-Spacecom

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 [de] divisions.[6] Contributing 21% of Airbus revenues in 2016, it is the second largest space company in the world.[7][8]

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  3. ^ Airbus reports Full-Year (FY) 2022 results (PDF). Airbus. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  4. ^ Airbus Group SE Financial Statements 2016 (PDF). Airbus. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
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  7. ^ "Investors & Shareholders". airbusgroup.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Airbus Defence and Space-built PeruSAT-1 delivers first images". Space Daily. 12 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2016.