Avio approves €400M capital increase, backed by Jefferies and Morgan Stanley, to boost rocket and defence production

Avio approved a €400 million capital increase, backed by Jefferies and Morgan Stanley, to expand rocket and defence production capacity. The funding aims to accelerate manufacturing and launch-service capabilities as Avio scales to meet growing European small-satellite launch and defence procurement demand.

Discovered 2025-09-12T02:21:09.011187-07:00 | 2025-09-12T02:21:09.011187-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The €400M equity raise is a material funding step to expand Avio’s manufacturing and launch capacity, following its earlier consideration of a smaller €300M capital raise.
  • The move aligns with rising European defence and space spending that is expanding market opportunities for launch and propulsion suppliers, including projected growth in Airbus Defence and Space’s business over the next decade (6% annual revenue growth through 2034).
  • It underscores supplier positioning amid stronger defence electronics and procurement demand, following recent industry results and orders that have lifted defence-sector outlooks (Thales raised its 2025 sales growth forecast after strong H1).

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Space Intel Report avionews.it European Spaceflight
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