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# Avio signs over EUR 100 million in new Vega C launch contracts
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-12-19-avio-vega-c-launch-agreements/
- Published: 2025-12-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:02:05.000Z
- Description: Italy's Avio signed two Vega C launch service agreements worth over EUR 100 million combined, for Earth observation satellites to fly between 2028 and 2031, with one European and one non-European customer undisclosed.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [Avio press release, 19 December 2025](https://www.avio.com/press-release/avio-announces-two-vega-c-launch-service-agreements-over-100meu?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not name the customers or confirm how the deals affect the contested timeline for the Vega E and Vega Next upgrades.

**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 and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)