Press Releases

MT Aerospace wins contract for operation and maintenance of launch facilities’ mechanical systems in Kourou, French Guiana

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:38:00 +0100

MT Aerospace again signed an important contract for comprehensive service solutions at the European Space Port: from 2012 until 2016, the Augsburg-based aerospace supplier – through its subsidiary MT Aerospace Guyane – will be responsible for operation and maintenance of the mechanical systems...

PRESS RELEASE CORRECTION: The press release of January 16, 2012 – regarding the Antwerp Space contract for OMNISAT-G3 requires clarification

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:02:00 +0100

Antwerp Space NV, a subsidiary of OHB AG (ISIN: DE0005936124, Prime Standard), signed a contract in the ARTES 3-4 framework for the co-funding of the design and development of a next generation of the Advanced Data Acquisition System, also known as OMNISAT...

„Vesselsat2“ successfully launched

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:17:00 +0100

Yesterday, at 03:17 UTC, also the second Luxembourg-built satellite „VesselSat2“ was launched from the Chinese Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre on board a Long March 4B rocket (Chang Zheng-4B – Y26) into a polar orbit. About 4 hours later, a first contact was established with the satellite through the LUXSPACE ground station at Redu, Belgium...

The first Luxembourg built satellite „Vesselsat1“ launched successfully

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:00:00 +0200

Today at 7:30 CET, the first Luxembourg built satellite „Vesselsat1“ was launched from the Indian launch site Sriharikota on board a PSLV rocket into a near equatorial orbit...

OHB: MT Aerospace Satellite Products to supply 81 propellant tanks for Iridium NEXT Satellite Program

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:28:00 +0200

MT Aerospace Satellite Products has been awarded a contract by Thales Alenia Space for the manufacture of 81 propellant tanks for the Iridium NEXT satellite program. The Wolverhampton/England-based subsidiary of German aerospace supplier MT Aerospace will be delivering high performance titanium diaphragm tanks...

OHB Technology AG: Resolution passed at the annual general meeting to rename the European space and technology group OHB AG

Thu, 12 May 2011 14:00:00 +0200

The European space and technology group OHB Technology AG has reorganized its corporate structure. At today's annual general meeting, the shareholders passed a resolution to rename the holding company OHB AG...

OHB Group taking over Rheinmetall Italia’s satellite business

Fri, 06 May 2011 10:00:00 +0200

OHB Technology AG has acquired Rheinmetall Italia's satellite business, based in Rome, in an asset transaction....

MT Aerospace Holding acquires Aerotech Peissenberg

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:30:00 +0100

Today, MT Aerospace Holding GmbH, a joint venture of the OHB Technology AG, Bremen, and Apollo Capital Partners GmbH, Munich, acquired the Bavarian aero engine supplier Aerotech Peissenberg GmbH & Co. KG...

Supervisory Board of OHB-System AG suspends CEO Berry Smutny with immediate effect

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:10:00 +0100

The CEO of OHB-System AG, Berry Smutny, has been suspended with immediate effect. After the General Assembly of OHB-System has voted to remove the confidence, the Supervisory Board passed a unanimous resolution...

Press statement by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of OHB-System AG, Prof. Manfred Fuchs, on reports concerning comments attributed to the Company’s CEO Berry Smutny

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:49:00 +0100

On Thursday, January 13, 2011, the Norwegian daily “Aftenposten” repeatedly reported on a conversation held on October 2, 2009 between Berry Smutny, the CEO of OHB-System AG, and representatives of the US embassy, citing as its source wires sent by the US embassy in Berlin, which had entered the public domain as a result of the WikiLeaks documents...