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 "slug": "europe-space-merger-project-bromo-airbus-leonardo-thales-ohb-opposition",
 "title": "Airbus, Leonardo and Thales Press Brussels to Clear “Project Bromo,” Their 25,000-Staff Space Merger, as Germany's OHB Raises Capital and Objects",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/europe-space-merger-project-bromo-airbus-leonardo-thales-ohb-opposition/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/europe-space-merger-project-bromo-airbus-leonardo-thales-ohb-opposition/",
 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-06-24T17:07:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:54:33.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrussels, 24 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The chief executives of Airbus and Leonardo, Guillaume Faury and Lorenzo Mariani, publicly urged the European Commission on 24 June 2026 to clear “Project Bromo” — the planned three-way merger of the Airbus, Leonardo and Thales space divisions — as the companies near a formal antitrust filing\n * The combined group would hold about 25,000 staff and roughly €6.5 billion in annual revenue, headquartered in Toulouse and modelled on the MBDA missi",
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