UK risks losing key role in European space industry over satellite contract, says Airbus boss
Airbus chief Guillaume Faury has written to UK transport secretary Andy Burnham, warning that selecting the U.S. company Lockheed Martin to build the Skynet satellite constellation could jeopardise Britain’s influence in the European space sector. Faury argues that the contract would sideline UK firms and erode the country’s strategic position in the industry for future.