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Krzysztof Mazur listed European companies and technologies from various industries, arguing that Europe still has significant industrial achievements. Among the examples he cited were Porsche, BMW, Ferrari, Mercedes, and Rolls-Royce cars, Bosch and Siemens automation, ABB robotics, ASML lithography, Airbus A350 aircraft, Ariane 6 rocket, Rafale and Gripen fighters from SAAB, and TRUMPF industrial lasers. He also mentioned, among others, EDF and Schneider in nuclear energy, STMicroelectronics and Infineon in semiconductor manufacturing, Nokia and Ericsson in telecommunications, Siemens Healthineers, Novo Nordisk, BioNTech, AstraZeneca, and Roche in medicine, as well as the Galileo and Copernicus systems and ICEYE and OHB satellites. The list also included Thales radars, Naval Group submarines, Rheinmetall artillery systems, Leonardo helicopters, Kongsberg missiles, Vestas and Siemens turbines, and trains from Alstom, Siemens, Newag, and Pesa. Among further examples, he mentioned the Mistral AI language models, Pasqal and IQM quantum computers, Wilk Electronics memory cards, and prototypes for fusion reactors from Proxima Fusion. Mazur wrote that Europe should regain its technological pride. He assessed that the continent missed the digital revolution but still has excellent companies and technologies. #technologia #innowacje #przemysł (translated)

Even though we are in a company that makes a lot of profits and has a full order book for 10 years, today our salaries at Airbus do not keep up with inflation, and this has been the case for several years. We have been facing around 20% inflation for the past 5 or 6 years, and clearly, our salaries have not kept up with this inflation in recent years since Covid. #GiletsJaunes #PouvoirDAchat #Mobilisation17Octobre (translated)

The government is facing further problems with the old government aircraft Airbus A-319CJ, which broke down during the trip of Transport Minister Ivan Bednárik to Azerbaijan, prompting calls for the modernization of the fleet from government officials including Prime Minister Babiš and Vice President of the Industrial Union Radek Špicara. #vládníletadla #poruchy #modernizace (translated)

At Airbus, we closely monitor the rise of Comac, the Chinese aircraft manufacturer that competes with the A320 and 737 Max models, aware of its ability to innovate quickly despite production and certification challenges in the international market. #Aéronautique #Airbus #Comac (translated)

China's aircraft industry is developing rapidly and could soon challenge Airbus and Boeing with innovative, cost-effective planes, putting pressure on Western manufacturers and highlighting the need for additional political support for the European industry. #Airbus #China #Flugzeugbau (translated)

Nacho Montes de Oca claimed that Elon Musk had used Starlink for political purposes to pressure the Ukrainian government and that it was not the first time he, according to him, had aided Vladimir Putin or followed Donald Trump's orders at a critical moment. He stated that the decision could commercially harm SpaceX by exposing it to geopolitical risks similar to those that, in his opinion, contributed to the international ban on Huawei. Montes de Oca wrote that the intermittent use of critical technological infrastructure as a tool of political or military pressure could lead Western governments to accelerate the development of sovereign networks. He also pointed out that the interruption would have forced the cancellation or failure of several Ukrainian drone missions, reduced the commercial appeal of Starlink for defense customers, and put contracts with the Pentagon and the trust of European partners at risk. Among them, he mentioned Poland, which, he indicated, financed about 50 million dollars annually in terminals for Ukraine. The author estimated the global market for military communications and satellites in 2026 to be 22.03 billion dollars, if only encrypted tactical communication services were counted. He warned that defense buyers could consider their reliance on a private provider financially risky. In his background review, Montes de Oca stated that in September 2002 Ukraine requested to activate Starlink in the region of Sevastopol, in occupied Crimea, to guide maritime drones against the Russian Black Sea fleet, but Musk rejected the request. He added that on September 30 of that year, SpaceX interrupted the signal for several hours—and, in some areas, days—in the regions of Kherson and Donetsk during a Ukrainian counteroffensive, which, he wrote, left drones disconnected and temporarily halted military operations. Montes de Oca also said that the following month Musk threatened to stop providing the service because he could not finance it indefinitely and reversed the decision days later, before the Pentagon formally took over the contracts and Poland covered part of the costs. Additionally, he noted that in February 2023, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell confirmed that the company had technically limited the use of Starlink in Ukrainian attack drones and asserted that those restrictions had been tightened. Finally, he stated that Airbus was leading the European response and that, with 5.3 billion euros from the European military space program, it was designing and building low-orbit platforms for national and sovereign satellite networks. #ElonMusk #Starlink #Ucrania (translated)

The US start-up JetZero, led by former Tesla manager Tom O’Leary, is presenting an innovative aircraft design that does not rely on windows and offers plenty of luggage space to compete with Boeing and Airbus, with Lufthansa also being considered as a potential customer. #JetZero #Flugzeugdesign #Luftfahrt (translated)

The breakdown of the government Airbus complicates the Czech business mission led by Transportation Minister Ivan Bednárik, which is taking place in Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, and the delegation now has to use regular air connections to make the planned meetings. #českáekonomie #obchodnímise #letectví (translated)

In practice, Blume, without stating it openly, wants a point of synthesis with Stellantis and Renault, and practically relaunches the concept of an automotive Airbus that Luca de Meo wanted when he was CEO of Renault, which did not materialize, also due to the restrictions imposed by Volkswagen. However, now the German group, facing a crisis including job losses, has decided on a different strategy and to stake everything on the rebirth of the European automotive industry. #Volkswagen #AutoElettriche #SovranitàTecnologica (translated)