Forming technology, creating the future
MT Aerospace is a leading international aerospace company. More than 500 employees develop, manufacture and test components for institutional and commercial launch vehicle programs, for aircraft, satellites and for applications in the automotive and defense industries.
Thanks to manufacturing technologies that are unique worldwide, MT Aerospace creates high-performance products that combine maximum performance and minimum weight. With many years of expertise in the fields of additive manufacturing, metalworking, CFRP and hydrogen technology, MT Aerospace is ideally placed to implement sustainable solutions for the future.
The roots of progress
2023
Activities related to HYGUANE, a European Space Agency (ESA) project, have officially started at the Kourou Space Center. The launch of a carbon-free production plant to produce green hydrogen fuel for the Ariane 6 and for all road vehicles on site is in full swing.
MT Aerospace is responsible for the hydrogen vehicles and the Hydrogen Competence Center (HCC).
MT Aerospace provides a solution for a key component of the liquid hydrogen electric drive: a compact heat exchanger that is additively manufactured.
MT Aerospace is supplying high-pressure helium and nitrogen tanks for a new launch vehicle demonstrator. The project is dedicated to the development of a flight demonstrator with new technologies for a two-stage lightweight launch vehicle with liquid oxygen and methane propulsion.
Reduced environmental impact using sustainable materials will form the basis for the next generation of liquid-propelled space transportation systems.
Mission completed. Ariane 5, the most reliable and successful commercial launcher, has successfully launched on its final mission. MT Aerospace played a key role in the success story of Ariane 5: In addition to metallic booster housings and tanks, structural components were also supplied from Augsburg. On its final journey, Ariane 5 will carry Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) and Syracuse 4B into geostationary orbit. The two communication satellites join numerous payloads that the launcher has successfully transported into space - including the James Webb Telescope, Rosetta, JUICE and BepiColombo, to name but a few.
2022
MT Aerospace signs contract with ArianeGroup for the development of the technology demonstrator PHOEBUS (Prototype for a Highly OptimizEd Black Upper Stage) for the Ariane 6 launch vehicles made of ultra-light fibre composite materials (CFRP) © ArianeGroup
First commercial establishment of a business unit for additive manufacturing
2021
Start of upper stage development in carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) for future generations of European launch vehicles
MT Aerospace and ArianeGroup sign contract for advanced technological development of a future upper stage, made of carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) © ArianeGroup
2020
Delivery of first series models of the Ariane 6 launcher begins © ESA
Production of important Ariane 5 components ends in Augsburg © ESA
2019
MT Aerospace and ArianeGroup sign development contracts with ESA for enhanced Ariane 6 composite upper stage technologies
Solid motor housing for a possible payload rocket successfully tested
2018
Quantum technological leap: MT Aerospace officially opening state-of-the-art facilities for Ariane 6 production in Augsburg
Further important milestone reached in the construction of the Ariane 6 launch facilities
2017
MT Mechatronics awarded engineering contract for the Giant Magellan Telescope
NASA Space Launch System: MT Aerospace awarded further contracts by Boeing
2016
Decision for ARIANE 6, definition of work shares
2013
Start of construction: new production facility for ARIANE 5ME-tank
2012
MT Aerospace to manufacture flight hardware for IXV reentry vehicle
New European Launch Service (NELS)-Study of ESA for OHB companies
2011
Acquisition of engine supplier Aerotech Peissenberg GmbH & Co. KG
200. ARIANE launcher takes ATV2 „Johannes Kepler“ into space.
MT Aerospace contributes many innovative products to this anniversary mission
2010
50th start of ARIANE 5
MT Aerospace wins contract to develop body flaps and heat shield components for European re-entry vehicle IXV
NASA exhibits 5.5 metre tank dome, friction stir welded and spin-formed by MT Aerospace
2009
Foundation of MT Mecatronica, Chile, providing assembly services to the international ALMA telescope project
MT Aerospace wins contract to develop & manufacture Airbus A350 water tanks
Qualification of Alphabus propellant tank; the largest tank of its kind worldwide
MT Aerospace receives major order for 35 additional ship sets for ARIANE 5
MT Mechatronics wins contract to supply 670 ton high-precision gantry to the Heidelberg ion beam cancer treatment facility
2008
ARIANE 5 successfully transports fi rst ATV „Jules Verne“ into orbit, with tanks and structures made by MT Aerospace
Soyuz ground infrastructure in Kourou (French Guiana) commissioned
2006
First launch of ARIANE 5 with welded booster cases made by MT Aerospace
2005
Formation fo MT Aerospace AG, acquired by OHB Technology AG and Apollo Capital Partners
20 years of ARIANE-5 booster production in Augsburg
Batch order of 27 ship sets for ARIANE 5
2000
Acquisition of Dowty Boulton Ltd. Satellite tank business, England, by MT Satellite Products Ltd.
1997
First successful ARIANE 5 launch
Foundation of MAN Spatial Guyane S.A.S. for operation and maintenance of launching systems in Kourou (French Guiana)
Acquisition of Zeppelin Technologie GmbH in Friedrichshafen
1996
Acquisition of ARIANE tank production in Oberpfaffenhofen, from Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA)
1994
Delivery of the 1000. Airbus potable water tank
1989
Delivery of the first potable water tank for the Airbus A320
1986
Start of ARIANE 5 developments
1971
First participation in the European space project EUROPA / ARIANE