UK industry, led by Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space, has been awarded roughly a third share of an €18 million European Space Agency (ESA) contract to develop Europe’s next generation satellite communications platform.
Both Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space’s share of the Neosat product lines will enable the UK space sector to play a major role in the supply of equipment and platform building blocks. Airbus will play a major role in the satellite design, communications module, service module and propulsion module definition, while Thales…
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