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Airbus starts the assembly of its first A321XLR front fuselage

Less than two months after the start of structural assembly of the rear & centre fuselages in Germany, Airbus teams are taking…

The global helicopter fleet with Helionix avionics logs 500,000+ flight hours

The more than 500 H135, H145 and H175 rotorcraft equipped with Airbus Helicopters’ Helionix digital aviation suite have…

OneWeb is “on top of the world” after its latest launch

OneWeb will soon begin delivering connectivity services to the northern regions of Earth after today’s eighth launch of satellite…

How a satellite hijacking could save the world

An asteroid is hurtling towards the Earth. The end of the world is imminent. What can be done to avert the danger? The solution:…

Helicopters tailored for special forces

Airbus millennium - 1000 years’ of service in orbit

Airbus designed and built Eurostar geostationary telecommunications satellites have clocked up 1000 years of successful service…

SpaceDataHighway reaches milestone of 50,000 successful laser connections

Women in Engineering Day: three engineers leading the way toward safer aviation

We “make it fly” every day thanks to the work of an entire community of Airbus engineers. Diversity is what makes this team…

Breathtaking first images from Pléiades Neo

The very first high precision imagery from the first Pléiades Neo Earth observation satellite has just been unveiled!

What’s taking shape at the Airbus Foundation

The Airbus Foundation recently refocused its mission around three core pillars: Humanitarian Aid, Youth Education and Environment…

Tomorrow’s airports: future energy ecosystems?

Airports are at the forefront of leading the transition towards climate-neutral operations across the entire value chain. Airbus’…

Seeing the seas: live!

Following six months of careful calibration, the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite has been declared operational.

The green hydrogen ecosystem for aviation, explained

Investment in green hydrogen is enjoying unprecedented momentum as more and more governments cite this zero-emission energy…

New Airbus satellites will navigate Galileo into the future

The future of the world’s most accurate positioning system, Europe’s Galileo, is being secured with the award of contracts for…

EcoPulse™ demonstrator completes wind tunnel testing

The EcoPulse™ distributed propulsion hybrid aircraft demonstrator – which is being developed by Daher, Safran and Airbus with the…

Airbus readies the no. 2 European Service Module for its crewed mission to the Moon

Airbus is advancing the second European Service Module flight model for NASA’s Orion spacecraft – designated ESM-2 – through its…

Scandair’s H125 helicopters help protect the environment from above

Airbus Helicopters-produced H125s operated by material distribution company Scandair are spreading lime on Scandinavian lakes in…

Aviation’s road to zero may look like this

The aviation industry has set its sights on climate neutrality by 2050. But to get there, a new energy ecosystem for aviation…

Airbus reveals its new A220 full size cabin display

On 27 May 2021, the Airspace Customer Showroom (ACS) situated in Toulouse, France unveiled its latest A220 full size mock-up,…

From aircraft to bikes, Airbus is breaking away to upcycle carbon waste

How can carbon waste be transformed into a sustainable and economically viable solution and produced locally? Airbus teams at the…