Austrian Research Promotion Agency signs joint statement

On 30 January 2019, Klaus Pseiner, Managing Director at the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft, FFG) signed the joint statement supporting Europe’s launcher industry in the presence of Jan Wörner, ESA’s Director General, and Daniel Neuenschwander, ESA Director of Space Transportation, at ESA Headquarters in Paris.

The joint statement was signed by other European institutions (ASI, ESA, CDTI, CNES & DLR) and the Swiss Confederation on 25 October 2018 in support of the European launcher industry, Ariane 6 and Vega-C. Through this Statement signatories  recognise the benefit of aggregating their institutional demand for launch services to ensure an independent, cost-effective, affordable, and reliable access to space for Europe.