Airbus Secures £3.9M UK Space Agency Grant, Fostering UK Space Supply Chain Growth

Airbus SE EADSY said its Airbus Defence and Space unit in the U.K. has been awarded £3.9 million from the U.K. Space Agency. 

The company will create a space and connectivity catalyst at its headquarters in Stevenage.

Airbus will build a range of facilities at its 14 acre site available to new and existing space players to encourage growth in the wider space ecosystem. 

The new Space Catalyst will be part of Airbus' Community for Space Prosperity (CUSP) program, which aims to grow the activity of the U.K. space supply chain, research, and outreach activities.

"By building dedicated facilities at our Stevenage headquarters, new and existing space players will be able to take advantage of the laboratories, test facilities and existing infrastructure and tap into the expertise of the 1,200 skilled workforce based on site, further strengthening the UK's sovereign space capability," said Ben Bridge, Chairman of Airbus Defence and Space UK.

Airbus has launched the Community for Space Prosperity (CUSP) as an initiative that brings together all the various activities and opportunities that Airbus has for the Space industry in the U.K. under one approach. 

The space catalyst will also have the opportunity to link with the Stevenage Bio Science Catalyst to advance space base bioscience research and commercialization.

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