The “ESA Industrial Policy” Task Force was set up in 2020 to provide Industry consensual recommendations to the ongoing reflections at ESA level on a new industrial policy:

  • The profitability of ESA contracts has been identified as a priority to be dealt with in a first place with a situation becoming more and more critical due to a reduced profitability, also on the commercial market.
  • Other strands of work include simplification of ESA Procurement process, raising awareness about midcaps (SMICs) and small businesses specifics

The current TF leader is Didier Morançais (Airbus DS).

TF Position papers:

  • Industry Manifesto for a new ESA Profitability Policy for Space procurement activities (2021) – here