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Astrium signs EUR60 million rider with ESA for high thrust engine

Submit on Monday, June 27th, 2011 22:58

Astrium recently signed a EUR60 million rider with the European Space Agency (ESA) and its partners of the joint propulsion team consortium, Avio SpA (Italy) and SNECMA (SAFRAN Group; France). The contract is part of ESA’s Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP). The activities were started back in 2007 and have accumulated a value of more than EUR100 million.
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