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Jean Loïc Galle, CEO of Thales Alenia Space, and Étienne Schneider, the deputy prime minister and minister of the economy (LSAP), are seen signing a letter of intent to create the “Thales Alenia Space in Luxembourg” digital centre of excellence, 18 June 2019. Photo credit: MECO 

“This new center, Thales Alenia Space in Luxembourg, will focus on the development of highly innovative digital solutions for space telecommunications and observation products,” the economy ministry and Luxembourg Space Agency said in a press release on Tuesday.

The digital centre will develop experimental new products with customers and serve as “an anchor for local and regional business development,” the firm’s chief said.

Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture between France’s Thales and Italy’s Leonardo, two aerospace and defense groups.

As profiled in Delano’s June/July 2019 cover story, the space sector is one of the government’s economic development priorities.

The announcement said the digital centre “is expected to be operational in Luxembourg by end of year 2019”.

Reported by Aaron Grunwald