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# Thales Alenia Space finalises industrial team for ESA's Argonaut lunar lander
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-20-thales-alenia-space-argonaut-consortium/
- Published: 2025-11-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:02:09.000Z
- Description: ESA and Thales Alenia Space named the full industrial team for the Argonaut lunar lander: Thales units in Italy, France and the UK, Germany's OHB and Norway's Nammo, targeting a first mission in 2030.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [European Space Agency press release, 20 November 2025](https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press%5FReleases/ESA%5Fe%5FThales%5FAlenia%5FSpace%5Fpresentano%5Fil%5Fconsorzio%5Findustriale%5Fper%5Fl%5FArgonaut%5FLunar%5FDescent%5FElement?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish a disclosed contract value for the consortium's work.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-11\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)