Key NASA officials' departure casts more uncertainty over US moon programme

NASA is losing four key senior officials close to its flagship moon programme, according to people familiar with the changes, adding more uncertainty over the agency's space exploration trajectory as Elon Musk and President Donald Trump play up missions to Mars.

Airbus CEO hints at MBDA-like venture for European space merger

The CEO of Airbus said on Thursday he would be happy if space merger talks with Thales and Leonardo led to a venture like the MBDA European missile project and hopes EU antitrust regulators will take a looser stance than in the past.

"We are looking at different scenarios... In Europe, we have technologies, even better ones (than in the US), but we are missing the scale that we need to be competitive," Guillaume Faury said during an earnings call.