Mon, Sep 09, 2019
Airbus Is Streamlining And Consolidating Its Activities In Italy
Following shareholder approval and its registration in the Chamber of Commerce, Airbus’ Italian space subsidiary Space Engineering has officially changed its name to Airbus Italia S.p.A.. Space Engineering is adopting the Airbus logo as its single visual identity.

"The change announced today consolidates the presence of the Airbus Group in Italy, strengthens the sense of belonging of our employees and will offer us new growth opportunities in Italy and internationally," said Serafino D’Angelantonio, Chairman and CEO of Airbus Italia. "Our highly skilled team of 120 people will remain focused on cutting edge solutions and technologies from our headquarters in Rome.”
Space Engineering, has been a 100% Airbus Defence and Space company since 2015. It is a leading Italian space company with 30 years’ experience in space technologies. An integral part of Airbus Space Systems, it operates in the satellite telecommunications sector, developing applications for the Internet of Things (IoT), mobile terminals for airborne, train and land applications, RF components and ground modems. Over the past few years the company has evolved and now has significant experience in design, engineering, simulation, prototyping, integration and testing of space & ground systems. It is also working on a number of large Italian and international space programs. Space Engineering also holds a significant number of international patents related to antennas, radars, scientific software and digital signal processing. Payload Engineering and Assembly, Integration and Test capacities complete the assets of this European key player in the space business.
Airbus Italia’s Assembly Integration and Test facility is located in Rome, in the Tiburtina area, and is dedicated to the validation and qualification of on-board and ground components, equipment and subsystems for space applications (antennas, repeaters, baseband equipment). The plant includes:
- Anechoic Chamber for testing up to 50 GHz
- Climatic Chamber for testing in range -75 to 180°C
- Thermal Vacuum Chamber for testing in range 160 to 180°C
- Clean Room of 250 m2 ISO-8
- Test equipment suitable for measurements up to 70 GHz
- Motion & Attitude Simulator for mobile terminals
- Digital, RF and Mechanical Laboratories
(Source: Airbus Space news release)
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