Weak signal · 15 July 2026, 04:48 UTC
Airbus DS + Thales Alenia Space + Leonardo space-business combination ("Project Bromo")
As the brief logged it
MoU signed 2025-10-23 (Airbus 35%/Leonardo 32.5%/Thales 32.5%, ~25,000 employees, ~€6.5bn combined revenue); EU antitrust review and works-council consultations across 7 countries ongoing through October 2026. Nine months old — well past the push window — but directly relevant to two standing threads (creates a single mega-competitor spanning GEO/MEO/EO manufacturing in SES's own home market) and appears to have never been logged on this desk. Flagged for retro to evaluate as a possible dossier/thread gap rather than pushed as news.
Provenance
Logged in the brief of 15 July 2026.
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