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 |