Airbus Safran Launchers

Ariane 62 (left) and Ariane 64 (right)

Airbus Safran Launchers is a joint venture of the European aerospace company Airbus Group and the French group Safran, with its three core businesses: aerospace (propulsion systems and equipment), defence and security with the objective of development and subsequent production of Ariane 6 . The company was established by 1 January 2015, his seat is Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris.[1]

CEO is Alain Charmeau, Chairman of the Board is Marc Ventre.[2]

Company sites are Issy-les-Moulineaux, Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, Kourou (space center), Vernon, Le Haillan and Les Mureaux in France as well as Bremen and Ottobrunn in Germany.[3]

On August 12, 2015, the European Space Agency ESA appointed Airbus Safran Launchers as principal contractor with the new development of the Ariane 6. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Airbus Group, Safran: Press Release. Airbus Group und Safran gründen Joint Venture vom 3. Dezember 2014; Retrieved on February 8, 2016
  2. ↑ http://www.airbusafran-launchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/organigramme-EN.png ; Retrieved on February 8, 2016
  3. ↑ http://www.airbusafran-launchers.com/#location
  4. ↑ uploads / 2016/01 / ASL-1 year.pdf press release Airbus Safran Launchers: a highly promising first year of 28 January 2016; Retrieved on February 8, 2016
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