- Headquarters
- Les Mureaux, France · Europe
- Value chain
- Hardware & devices(Products)
- What that means
- Makes physical products under its own name: computers, robots, vehicles, aircraft, drones, satellites, batteries, solar modules, reactors and medical devices.
- Founded
- 2015
- Staff
- 7,600 (2023)
- Ownership
- Private
- Website
- ariane.group
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in Space Launch & Reusable Systems
Les Mureaux, FranceIn 3 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
- Space Launch & Reusable SystemsVery high
Space Technologies · Manufacture · listed #6 of 50
Airbus-Safran joint venture that is prime contractor for Ariane 6 and the Vulcain/Vinci engines, and parent of reusable-launcher venture MaiaSpace; the top patent applicant in this capability.
Relevance: Ariane 6 prime; Europe's independent heavy-launch capability
Advanced Materials & Manufacturing · Manufacture · listed #7 of 50
Airbus-Safran joint venture that formulates and casts solid propellants for Ariane boosters and the French M51 ballistic missile, and the top international patent applicant in this capability.
Relevance: Major solid propellant and motor producer
Space Technologies · Manufacture · listed #12 of 50
Airbus-Safran joint venture that builds the Vulcain 2.1 and Vinci engines for Ariane 6 and the reusable methalox Prometheus, and is the top international patent applicant in this capability.
Relevance: Vulcain and Vinci engines anchor European launcher propulsion