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...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Rob Geckle, CEO of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, as a 2023 Wash100 Award winner in recognition of his strategic vision to help grow the company’s presence in the national security market and other key government segments. Geckle leads Airbus’ independent business in Arlington, Virginia, that la...
Chris Emerson, former CEO and chairman of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, has joined AE Industrial Partners as an operating partner. He previously spent more than 25 years Airbus and currently serves as a board member at AEI portfolio companies Belcan, Firefly Aerospace and The Atlas Group, the private equity firm said Thursday. David Rowe, manag...
