- France
- Private company
- TOULOUSE CEDEX, France
- EU projects: sensing 2, computing and simulation 1, communication 1 (some areas are keyword suggestions pending review)
Fact sheet
- Type
- Private company CORDIS (portal record), retrieved 18 October 2026
- Legal form
- société par actions simplifiée (LEI found by legal name and country) GLEIF, retrieved 20 October 2026
- Country and city
- France CORDIS (portal record), retrieved 18 October 2026
- Identifiers
- LEI 529900Y4XPC9XGDHPO82 (found by legal name and country) GLEIF, retrieved 20 October 2026
- Patents
- 4 quantum patent families (applicant "AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS") EPO Open Patent Services, retrieved 22 October 2026
- EU and national projects
- 7 projects in this catalogue CORDIS, Funding & Tenders Portal, national funders
- Not yet known from our sources
- Founded, Employees, Revenue and capital
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Identity
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- LEI (GLEIF)
- 529900Y4XPC9XGDHPO82
- Registered legal name
- AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS (FR)
- Registered direct parent
- None reported: a reporting exception is registered
- Registered ultimate parent
- None reported: a reporting exception is registered
Sources: GLEIF Level 1 and Level 2 data (CC0), retrieved 20 October 2026.
EU projects and funding
4 EU-funded quantum projects in CORDIS name this organisation as a participant (start years 2022 to 2024).
Net EU contribution to this organisation: EUR 1,556,491. The sum of its own net EU contribution in each of these projects, as CORDIS records it per participant.
Projects by technology pillar
- Quantum sensing and metrology: 2
- Quantum computing and simulation: 1
- Quantum communication: 1
Follow the money: all awards by programme and country
Source: CORDIS (European Commission), snapshot retrieved 2026-10-16, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents; stored 2 November 2026.
Technology families and SRIA goals
Source: the shared quantum technology taxonomy of the portal, assignments confirmed by an editor; profile stored 2 November 2026.
Related goals of the draft SRIA 2026
1 goal of the draft SRIA 2026 concerns these technologies.
- Goal by 2035: Europe operates the world’s most advanced quantum communication infrastructure: long-distance links between dense multi-user metropolitan networks, several validated commercial use cases and open access facilities.
Source: draft Strategic Research and Industry Agenda 2026 (Quantum Flagship, draft for consultation, 2026-09-19), checked 2026-10-24. Related by technology family only, not by anything this organisation said.
Capabilities on public record
From the supplier directory: each capability with its strongest evidence. A contract, a documented product, a product line or software shows supply; an EU-funded project or a confirmed technology area shows research activity. Not an endorsement or a qualification.
- Cold-atom inertial and gravity sensors (Quantum sensors and atomic clocks) EU-funded project naming the capability
- Quantum sensors and atomic clocks EU-funded project naming the capability
- Quantum communication (technology area) Technology area confirmed by an editor
- Quantum communication and security systems Technology area confirmed by an editor
Airbus Defence and Space SAS is listed in 4 project(s) in this CORDIS quantum-related snapshot. Recorded net EU contribution across these projects: EUR 1,556,491. Coverage is limited to the imported dataset; participation is not a verified quantum technology capability.
Source: CORDIS, Publications Office of the European Union (CORDIS). Retrieved 2026-10-16. Licence: European Commission reuse notice (Decision 2011/833/EU). Selected administrative metadata, adapted presentation. No endorsement by the source is implied. Organisation-level data only. Licence: European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU).
Source: cordis.europa.eu · checked 16 Oct 2026