AEROSPACE INDUSTRY UPDATE
June 2016
McIlvaine Company
Airbus Defense and Space to Build New
Clean Rooms in Poland
Airbus Defense and Space has
announced the construction of a complex of clean rooms near Warsaw, thus
boosting its Polish satellite production facility. The facilities are intended
for use by PZL Warszawa-Okęcie, a subsidiary of Airbus Defense and Space and
PGZ.
The clean rooms will initially
be used for the production of harnesses, a vital element to keep the various
electronic satellite components connected. In future, they may be able to be
used for the assembly of even more complex equipment for satellites and
launchers or even small satellites.
For the last 10 years, Airbus
Defense and Space has been investing in space activities in Poland. The company
has established its presence in the country through two important subsidiaries,
PZL Warszawa-Okęcie and Astri Polska (a joint venture with the Space Research
Centre), where the high-tech equipment produced by the teams are already
contributing to the success of European satellites and probes such as MetOp-SG
(meteorology), Biomass (environment) and JUICE (exploration of Jupiter’s moons).
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