LA PLATA, Maryland — European Union Defense and Space Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, weighing in as Europe’s biggest customer for satellites, said he had no objection to European space companies merging to create stronger players on the world market.
Kubilius did not mention the ongoing merger talks between Airbus Defense and Space and Thales Alenia Space, Europe’s two biggest space-hardware prime contractors. But it was clear he had this in mind during an April 11 speech and question-answer session at the New Economy Forum’s . . .
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