The Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations Division plans to issue a solicitation in early 2026 to recompete a contract valued at over $100 million for the configuration and management of up to 10 Airbus H125 Light Enforcement Helicopters and the supply of related equipment. Modern border security relies on technology and aeri...
Jeff Green announced on LinkedIn Thursday that he was appointed chief operating officer of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense. Career Highlights Before joining Airbus, Green served as the vice president of production and manufacturing operations at QinetiQ. In this capacity, he oversaw the company’s overall operations, including ma...
The U.S. Army has awarded Airbus U.S. Space & Defense a $315 million contract modification to provide logistics and engineering services in support of its fleet of UH-72 Lakota twin-engine helicopters. The Department of Defense said Tuesday that work on the contract will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas, until Dec. 31, 2025. The Army...
Airbus has acquired robotic aircraft manufacturer Aerovel and its Flexrotor vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial system in a transaction aimed at expanding the former’s tactical UAS product portfolio. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed and Airbus said Wednesday that Aerovel will continue to design and produce the...
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense has completed its acquisition of Eutelsat OneWeb’s 50 percent stake in a satellite manufacturing joint venture. Founded in 2016, Airbus OneWeb Satellites JV produced more than 600 satellites for the first-generation OneWeb satellite constellation, Airbus U.S. Space & Defense said Monday. The completion of the tr...
Airbus Helicopters has agreed to acquire Aerovel, a Bingen, Washington-based robotic aircraft manufacturer, in a deal aimed at expanding the Airbus subsidiary's portfolio of tactical unmanned aerial system offerings. The deal will include Aerovel's Flexrotor vertical takeoff and landing UAS designed to support land and sea-based intelligen...
Chris Tsirlis, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, has been appointed vice president of business development and product innovation at Airbus DS Government Solutions focused on developing satellite communications and networking systems. Tsirlis announced his appointment at the satcom and networking systems company in a LinkedIn post published Sunday. In t...
The U.S. space and defense business arm of Airbus has unveiled a new business line focused on helping the Department of Defense meet its demand for uncrewed aircraft systems to detect and counter threats. Brian Zarchin, a retired U.S. Army aviator, will oversee Airbus U.S. Space & Defense’s UAS business line, which will operate with...
As the global defense landscape shifts, the U.S. Department of Defense must adapt its strategies, tactics and priorities accordingly. Executive Mosaic spoke with Airbus U.S. Space and Defense Chairman and CEO Rob Geckle in a new video interview to get a better understanding of the trends shaping the future of defense and how they’re impacting th...
Emerging trends and developments across the global defense landscape have catalyzed a shift within the United States toward new strategies, new technologies and refocused priorities. With factors such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the commercialization of space and the looming peer and near-peer threat, U.S. defense leaders are rethinking what the...
