European giants Airbus, Thales and Leonardo will form an alliance to compete with Starlink
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Three leading European Space companies plan to create a joint venture to compete with Starlink. The project, codenamed "Bromo", involves the development of a new super-satellite.
European Space companies Airbus, Thales and Leonardo are exploring the possibility of creating a joint venture. merger proposals are not related to job cuts in these companies. At the same time, it is indicated that the implementation of the planned project may take years.
Reports UNN with reference to Reuters.
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European companies Airbus AIR.PA, Thales TKFP.PA) and Leonardo (LDOF.MI), are studying plans to create a new joint space company, in order to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink.
The "Bromo Project", named after the Ionesian volcano, is located near the European super satellite behind the MBDA rocket, Yakim volodiyut Airbus, Leonardo i BAE Systems (BAES.L).
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Negotiations are still at an early stage, but they are already advanced enough to assign a codename to Airbus and create the desired structure in which the new company will combine satellite assets.
Leonardo CEO Roberto Cingolani told Reuters that the talks included several technical discussions and confirmed that the proposed structure will be based on the MBDA model. According to the source, the merger proposals are not related to the job cuts that Airbus will announce this week, and their implementation may take years.
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