European Space Agency

The European Space Agency awarded Teledyne e2v the second phase of a €42 million contract to produce CCD image sensors for the PLATO mission. The contract includes manufacturing and delivery of 114 CCDs.

Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with SABCA to develop and supply control electronics for the Thrust Vector Actuation Systems on the Ariane 6 launcher.

Arralis announced a €650,000 contract with the European Space Agency for its Leonis Ka-Band chipset, awarded under ESA's ARTES programme.

Teledyne Technologies' subsidiary Teledyne Scientific & Imaging was awarded a $9.98 million contract from CNES to provide infrared detectors and electronics for the ESA JUICE mission to Jupiter.

Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solutions division was selected by ELV SpA to provide a COTS-based telemetry data system for the European Space Agency's new Vega-C launcher. The development contract runs from January 2017 to first launch in June 2019, valued at $5 million, with production phase estimated at over $10 million.

Leonardo-Finmeccanica has been contracted by the European Space Agency to design and build a spectrometer for the FLEX mission, valued at $74 million.