TA Area Responsibles and Discipline Focal Points

TAAR and DiFP list (TA93 – March 2026)

Title Discipline TAAR1 Organization TAAR2 Organization DiFP Organization
System engineering E-10 Steve Willis Airbus DS / Eurospace Fabien Castanet CNES Ross Findlay ESA
Electrical and optical engineering E-20 Xavier Regnier TAS / Eurospace Federico Chiusano ESA Arturo Fernandez ESA
Thermal E-31 Fabien Castanet CNES Bastien Hiverniau ArianeGroup / Eurospace Olivier Pin ESA
Structural E-32 Fabien Castanet CNES Bastien Hiverniau ArianeGroup / Eurospace Benoit Laine ESA
Mechanisms and Pyro E-33-Mech Fabien Castanet CNES Bastien Hiverniau ArianeGroup / Eurospace Lionel Gaillard ESA
Pyrotechnics E-33-Pyro Fabien Castanet CNES Bastien Hiverniau ArianeGroup / Eurospace Bernard Chamayou ArianeGroup / Eurospace
ECLS E-34 Xavier Regnier TAS / Eurospace Grzegorz Musiolik DLR Cesare Lobascio TAS / Eurospace
Propulsion E-35 Fabien Castanet CNES Bastien Hiverniau ArianeGroup / Eurospace Yann Charront CNES
Software engineering E-40 Steve Willis ArianeGroup / Eurospace Karine Auvray CNES Marek Prochazka ESA
Communications E-50-Comms Fabien Castanet CNES Steve Willis Airbus DS / Eurospace Marco Rovatti ESA
Communications E-50-Ground/Board Fabien Castanet CNES Steve Willis Airbus DS / Eurospace Richard Morgan-Owen ESA
Control engineering E-60 Fabien Castenet CNES Xavier Regnier TAS / Eurospace Benedicte Girouart ESA
GSO E-70-GS Xavier Regnier TAS / Eurospace Grzegorz Musiolik DLR Stefan Huberth DLR
GSO E-70-Ops Xavier Regnier TAS / Eurospace Federico Chiusano ESA Daniel Fischer ESA
Security engineering E-80 Federico Chiusano ESA Xavier Regnier TAS / Eurospace Antonios Atlasis ESA
Industrialization, Production and Maintenance I-Branch Steve Willis ArianeGroup / Eurospace Federico Chiusano ESA Guillaume Roelly Airbus DS
S, D and P documents General Fabien Castanet CNES Maryline Appriou TAS / Eurospace Fabien Castanet / and Pit Gerhard for Glossary CNES and OHB
Project planning and implement. M-10 Steve Willis Airbus DS / Eurospace vacant Marianna Rinaldi Grzegorz Musiolik DLR
Configuration and info mgmt.. M-40 Marianna Rinaldi ASI Maryline Appriou TAS / Eurospace Boris Albers Airbus DS / Eurospace
Cost and schedule mgmt. M-60 Federico Chiusano ESA Steve Willis Airbus DS / Eurospace Mihaela Barbu ESA
Risk management M-80 Grzegorz Musiolik DLR Steve Willis Airbus DS / Eurospace Guillermo Gonzalez ESA
PA management Q-10 Maryline Appriou TAS / Eurospace Joshua Brayford UK Space Agency Thomas Rieger Airbus DS / Eurospace
Quality assurance Q-20 Maryline Appriou TAS / Eurospace Joshua Brayford UK Space Agency Thomas Rieger Airbus DS / Eurospace
Dependability Q-30 Karine Auvray CNES Maryline Appriou TAS / Eurospace Bruno Guerin TAS / Eurospace
Safety Q-40 Maryline Appriou TAS / Eurospace Karine Auvray CNES Fabrice Cosson ESA
EEE components Q-60 Maryline Appriou TAS / Eurospace Grzegorz Musiolik DLR Thomas Torloting CNES
MMPP Q-70 Marianna Rinaldi ASI Maryline Appriou TAS / Eurospace Thomas Rohr ESA
Software PA Q-80 Steve Willis Airbus DS / Eurospace Karine Auvray CNES Manrico Fedi Casas ESA
Space Debris U-10 Xavier Regnier TAS / Eurospace Karine Auvray CNES Roberto Destefanis TAS / Eurospace
Planetary Protection U-20 Federico Chiusano ESA Steve Willis Airbus DS / Eurospace Silvio Sinibaldi ESA
Space Situation Awareness / Space Traffic Management U-30 Xavier Regnier TAS / Eurospace Grzegorz Musiolik DLR Florent Lacomba CNES