Silvio Sandrone, Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
thoughts about Europe’s options for projecting influence and creating an ecosystem in a quest shaped by both co-operation and competition. Silvio leads the New Space Exploration Programmes of Airbus, creating [...] he was in charge of developing new launcher programmes and business for Airbus Defence and Space, both in Europe and internationally – among which ARIANE 6 and ADELINE. He joined the then-EADS Group in [...] space programmes – launchers, satellites (Earth observation, navigation) and human spaceflight – in both industry and government across Europe. Starting off as a system engineer, he worked in project management