Our World-Class Customers and Partners

Excellence for exceptional customers

ArianeGroup operates in a particularly demanding and strategic sector. Our customer base includes governments, interstate institutions, space and defence agencies, armed forces, large systems manufacturers and infrastructure operators, for whom every mission is critical. 

We listen to our customers and work to fully understand their needs and objectives, anticipate their expectations and future demands, and meet their requirements and specifications with attractive and competitive offers. 

We therefore constantly improve our operational excellence and our standards, by implementing all available best practices, particularly AeroExcellence, the standard defined for all aerospace and defence companies.

We drive a proactive policy of innovation in all areas. Our customers are also our partners with whom we are committed to developing close and lasting relationships based on trust, integrity, and transparency.

A unique community of partners

In a context of global competition, the excellence of Europe’s space and defence industry is an asset that must be maintained at the highest level of competitiveness and innovation. 

As a systems integrator and prime contractor, we believe it is our responsibility to support, develop, and promote our industrial partners and suppliers who play a key role in the competitiveness of our programs and offers. The Ariane 6 supply chain involves more than 600 companies of all sizes, based in 13 countries contributing to the program under the European Space Agency’s rules of geographic return. In addition, 900 subcontractors work on the M51 strategic missile program in France, including many small and medium-sized companies.

The individual contributions of each of these companies are key factors in the success of these programmes and the satisfaction of our customers. In all our activities, each component delivered by our industrial partners must meet the highest standards of quality. 

We therefore work very closely with our suppliers who are selected for their excellence in their field. Through a relationship based on trust, listening and mutual respect, we share the same culture of excellence and exacting standards with them, as well as common values and ethics that apply throughout our supply chain.

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