Airbus has launched a connectivity companies enterprise via the creation of a devoted HAPS Companies Enterprise based mostly round Zephyr, Airbus’ main HAPS expertise platform. It will assist allow it to industrialise quickly and start serving a considerable whole addressable market, offering low-latency connectivity companies from the stratosphere for telecommunications and Earth commentary purposes. The brand new enterprise is a subsidiary of Airbus Defence and Area.
Following on from current profitable check flight campaigns the solar-powered Zephyr has established itself because the main HAPS platform on the earth. With the corporate now set to supply telecommunications companies by way of its platform, it’s going to play a vital position in serving to to bridge the digital divide via connecting the unconnected on land, air and sea.
To assist lead its bold progress plans, Samer Halawi has been appointed as Chief Govt Officer of the brand new enterprise. Most not too long ago Govt Vice President and Chief Industrial Officer at Intelsat, Samer is a seasoned Telecom government with greater than 30 years’ expertise in Telecommunications and World Satellite tv for pc Communications, in addition to Automotive and Funding Banking. He brings expertise and experience in constructing and remodeling profitable corporations.
“With 1000’s of flight hours within the stratosphere and an admirable entrepreneurial spirit, the Zephyr workforce are nicely positioned to develop future connectivity companies. That is an thrilling time for the workforce, constructing on our success with the main HAPS, and it’s now time for the following step,” mentioned Samer Halawi.
Samer’s management workforce will probably be boosted by the appointment of Taz Esmail as Chief Monetary Officer. Taz joins from her most up-to-date position as CFO at Meta Aerospace; with intensive expertise within the aviation, aerospace and defence sectors having labored in each listed and blue-chip non-public fairness environments.
“Our connectivity companies will present a viable various and complement to terrestrial and satellite-based connectivity options, permitting for the primary time low-latency and direct-to-device connectivity throughout huge geographies, and economically. Our sustainable expertise permits us to save lots of and enhance folks’s lives while making certain a greater end result for our planet”, added Halawi.
With over 3.7 billion folks unserved or severely underserved by present terrestrial and space-based telecommunications networks, Airbus and Zephyr are reimagining connectivity, and dealing in the direction of bridging the digital divide, providing state-of-the-art connectivity service to business, defence and institutional clients throughout the globe.
