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Airbus and the Netherlands strengthen aerospace partnership during Dutch royal visit to Toulouse
Toulouse, France, 1 October 2025 – Airbus welcomed Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands to its headquarters in Toulouse today. The visit underscores the deep and long-standing partnership between Airbus and the Dutch aerospace industry and paves the way for future collaboration with the signing of several key agreements in the […]
Airbus launches project ICEFlight to accelerate maturation of cryogenic technologies for hydrogen-powered flight
Leiden, May 19, 2025 – Airbus, through its Tech Hub in the Netherlands and together with its innovation arm Airbus UpNext and local partners, has launched ICEFlight (Innovative Cryogenic Electric Flight), a project aiming to contribute to the development of hydrogen-powered flight. The initiative, under administration of Dutch public-private programme “Luchtvaart in Transitie” (LiT) will […]
The Netherlands orders 12 Airbus H225M helicopters
@AirbusHeli @Defensie @SalonEuronaval #H225M #Euronaval2024 Paris, 5 November 2024 – The Dutch Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract to Airbus Helicopters for 12 H225Ms. The contract also includes an initial batch of support and services. The agreement was signed by Vice-Admiral Jan Willem Hartman, Head of the Netherlands Command Materiel and IT (COMMIT) agency, […]
Airbus selected by MDA Space to deliver over 200 Sparkwing solar arrays
Leiden, the Netherlands, 16 September 2024 – Airbus announced today it has been selected by MDA Space Ltd. (TSX:MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, to supply solar arrays for MDA AURORA, the software-defined satellite product line enabling constellations to extend communication networks to every corner […]
Airbus Tech Hub to kick-off in the Netherlands
The Hub will bring together and foster collaboration between aerospace professionals, researchers and innovators in the region @airbus @KLM #innovation #ecosystem #decarbonisation Leiden, 16 April 2024 – Airbus has opened the Airbus Tech Hub in the Netherlands, a platform to catalyse breakthroughs in aerospace research, technology and innovation with the local ecosystem. The Airbus global […]
PACE climate satellite releases first images
Dutch instrument SPEXone reaches First Light milestone NASA’s PACE climate satellite, with onboard the Dutch instrument SPEXone, has reached the First Light milestone. The world now has access to satellite images distinguishing types and sizes of aerosols. SPEXone also measures the extent to which aerosols absorb and reflect sunlight. This allows scientists to reduce uncertainties […]
NASA launches climate satellite with Dutch aerosol instrument
NASA’s climate satellite PACE was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral in the early morning of February 8th. PACE will perform measurements on aerosols, plankton and ocean color. Aerosols are a large unknown factor in climate models. The Dutch instrument SPEXone will change this through measurements of aerosols in the atmosphere. SPEXone was built by SRON […]
A World of Possibilities: introducing the Skyline S2 Laser Communication Terminal for HAPS platforms
In October of 2023, at the International Conference on Space Optical Systems and Applications (ICSOS), Remco van den Breeje presented the Skyline S2 Laser Communication Terminal (LCT) to the world for the first time along with a paper on the development of the product. Skyline S2- a collaborative development by Airbus NL, VDL and TNO […]
Airbus and Delft University of Technology enter five-year partnership agreement to advance talent and technology
Airbus and Delft University of Technology have signed a strategic partnership agreement to advance talent and technology. The five-year pact involves collaboration on topics such as curricula development, continuous training, recruitment, inclusion and diversity, entrepreneurship education for students, sustainability, technology and innovation. Through joint research activities, in particular PhD projects, the partnership provides Airbus […]
Dutch aerosol instrument SPEXone mounted on NASA’s climate satellite
Over the past few weeks, a group of engineers from SRON, Airbus Netherlands and NASA has been working on installing the Dutch aerosol instrument SPEXone on NASA’s PACE satellite. PACE will conduct measurements on oceans and aerosols to study for example the influence of particulates on the climate. It is scheduled for launch in 2024. […]