Airbus Defense and Space

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Airbus Defense and Space

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legal form Business division of the Airbus Group
founding January 2014
Seat Taufkirchen (near Munich) , Germany
GermanyGermany 
management Dirk Hoke (CEO)
Number of employees 33,922 (2019)
sales 10.907 billion euros (2019)
Branch Aerospace engineering
Defense industry
Website www.airbus.com
Status: 2019

Airbus Defense and Space is a division (business unit) of the Airbus Group specializing in military aviation , military and civil space systems, and sensors and communications technology for defense and security. Airbus Defense and Space denotes a management structure and does not correspond to any legal person. It emerges from the previous EADS divisions Cassidian , Airbus Military and Astrium . The legal structure is currently in four companies, with the appropriate addition (GmbH, SAS, SA, Ltd.) for the countries Germany, France, Spain and Great Britain. The new structure of the division is part of extensive restructuring measures at the Airbus Group level.

In the course of further restructuring, it was decided in 2014 to divest non-core business areas. This includes the field of defense electronics (avionics, radar and systems for electronic warfare), which was combined in Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security GmbH and the former Airbus DS Optronics GmbH. On March 18, 2016, the purchase agreement for these companies was concluded with the financial investor KKR-Group . Since then, the newly founded company has been operating under the brand name Hensoldt .

organization

Office building in Spain Madrid

Airbus Defense and Space is divided into three divisions:

  • Military Aircraft , led by Fernando Alonso , responsible for fighter aircraft , airlifters , aerial refueling tankers and airborne warfare systems .
    • Global attack
    • mobility
    • Surveillance and combat
    • Missiles and unmanned airborne systems
  • Space Systems , led by Nicolas Chamussy, responsible for space exploration , space launch systems , missile defense , satellites , other networking services as well as Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (Orion MPCV) and Space Station programs.
    • Information solutions
    • Strategic missile defense systems
    • Network and tactical systems
    • Space and intelligence systems
    • Space exploration
  • Communications, Intelligence and Security , led by Evert Dudok, responsible for “providing intelligence to various governmental agencies”.
    • Ensuring communication solutions for the military, public authorities, institutional players and users
    • Airbus Cyber ​​Security - consolidation of secure end-to-end security solutions, utilization of multiple bandwidth options in connection with "convincing infrastructure experience"
    • Airbus DS Communications - a North American public safety company providing "9-1-1 Call Handling ", Emergency Notification Systems , NG9-1-1 Call Routing Solutions, and Land Mobile Radio

The former electronics division was restructured and outsourced. Parts of it ( Space Electronics ) were assigned to the Space Systems division. The outsourced area will be led by Thomas Müller.

Military aircraft

The Military Aircraft Systems division emerged from the merger of the former EADS Cassidian division and Airbus Military .

The product range consists of:

  • Eurofighter

  • Airbus A400M

  • Airbus A310 MRTT

  • CASA C-212

  • CASA C-235

  • CASA C-295

  • Barracuda

Space technology

The area Space Systems emerged from the Astrium divisions concerned Space Transportation and Satellites .

The product range consists of:

Communication, education and security

The Communication, Intelligence & Security division has been reorganized and is responsible for products for satellite and terrestrial communication as well as for services and solutions in the areas of reconnaissance and security.

The product range consists of:

electronics

In the new Electronics division , the competencies of the previous divisions in the field of ground, sea and airborne applications for defense and security applications as well as civil markets are bundled.

The product range consists of:

  • ATF Dingo with ground surveillance radar (BÜR) from EADS

history

Previous logo (until 2017)

After the merger between EADS and the British defense company BAE Systems failed, EADS boss Tom Enders saw a need for reform at EADS due to changed market structures in the European aerospace industry . With the restructuring of the parent company, Cassidian , Airbus Military and Astrium have now been merged in order to increase competitiveness and improve the general market position. The restructuring was carried out in the first half of 2014.

Locations

Airbus Defense and Space has the following European locations:

Holdings

Subsidiaries and joint ventures of Airbus Defense and Space (Military Aircraft)

Subsidiaries and joint ventures of Airbus Defense and Space (Space Systems)

Web links

Commons : Airbus Defense and Space  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Airbus Group starts 2014 under a common brand name. Airbus Group, January 2, 2014, archived from the original on May 4, 2014 ; Retrieved April 19, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Airbus Group announces CEO successor for Defense and Space division. Airbus Group, October 20, 2015, accessed April 6, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Number of employees of the Airbus Group in 2017 and 2019 by business segment. In: Statista . Retrieved February 15, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Airbus reports Full-Year (FY) 2019 results , accessed on February 15, 2020
  5. ↑ a b Name change should give companies wings. stern.de, July 31, 2013, accessed on August 20, 2013 .
  6. ↑ Airbus Defense and Space continues transformation with portfolio optimization. In: airbusgroup. Retrieved March 29, 2016 (American English).
  7. ↑ Airbus Group To Sell Defense Electronics To KKR for € 1.1bn. In: airbusgroup. Retrieved March 29, 2016 (American English).
  8. ↑ EADS publishes solid half-year results (H1) and confirms forecast for 2013. In: dglr.de. Airbus Group, July 31, 2013, accessed August 20, 2013 .
  9. ^ Airbus Defense and Space announces management and organizational changes in Military Aircraft. Airbus Defense and Space, January 29, 2015, accessed February 17, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Nicolas ChamussyExecutive Vice President Space Systems - Airbus Defense and Space, accessed July 31, 2018.
  11. ^ Evert Dudok - Executive Vice President Communications, Intelligence and Security www.airbus.com, accessed on August 2, 2018.
  12. ↑ Cyber ​​Security Services & Solutions. Retrieved February 14, 2020 (American English).
  13. ↑ Emergency Notification Systems vestapublicsafety.com, accessed on 31 July 2018th
  14. ↑ NG9-1-1 Call Routing Solutions vestapublicsafety.com, accessed on 31 July 2018th
  15. ↑ Land Mobile Radio vestapublicsafety.com, accessed July 31, 2018.
  16. ↑ Aviation group EADS is renamed Airbus. welt.de, July 17, 2013, accessed on August 20, 2013 .
  17. ↑ Locations in Germany. Airbus, July 17, 2018, accessed January 5, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Bundeswehr Journal: Cassidian Optronics now a 100 percent Airbus subsidiary. In: bundeswehr-journal.de. October 4, 2014, accessed October 9, 2014 .