Avio (Past Sponsor)

Avio is a leading international space launcher, spacecraft propulsion and space transport group. It has 5 sites in Italy, France and French Guiana, and employs over 850 people at the consolidated level. In 2017 its revenues totaled 343 million Euros.

The Avio Group is prime contractor of the Vega launcher, targeting the LEO market segment. This makes Italy one of the very few countries in the world with the ability to produce a complete space launch vehicle.

Avio will build the new Vega C launcher and contribute to the new Ariane 6 launcher by providing the new solid engines and the Vinci and Vulcain liquid oxygen turbopumps.