Airbus Group

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Airbus SE

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legal form European stock corporation (SE)
ISIN NL0000235190
founding July 10, 2000
Seat Leiden , Netherlands Headquarters : Toulouse , FranceNetherlandsNetherlands 
FranceFrance 
management Denis Ranque ( COB )
Guillaume Faury ( CEO )
Number of employees 134,931 (2019)
sales 70.5 billion euros (2019)
Branch Aerospace engineering
Defense industry
Website airbus.com
Status: February 15, 2020

The Airbus SE , 2000-2013 EADS ( European Aeronautic Defense and Space ) is Europe's largest aviation and aerospace - and (after BAE Systems second largest) arms company . With a turnover of 63.7 billion euros in 2018, the Airbus Group is the largest aerospace company in the world. At the turn of the year 2013/14, the group took over the name of its subsidiary Airbus .

Airbus SE employs 133,671 people at more than 70 development and production sites in Europe as well as 35 external offices worldwide (as of end of 2018). Since it was founded on July 10, 2000, Airbus Group shares have been traded on the stock exchange and included in the MDAX share index . Since March 18, 2013, the Airbus Group has also been included in the EURO STOXX 50 share index .

history

EADS is founded

EADS was founded on July 10th, 2000 and has since grown to become the largest European aerospace company. It emerged from a merger of the German DASA , the French Aérospatiale-Matra , and the Spanish CASA . The group is divided into the following business areas (divisions).

Divisions / operational structure (management)

  • airbus
  • Military transport
  • Aeronautics
    • EADS Germany (Aloysius Rauen)
    • Eurocopter (Jean-François Bigay)
    • EADS ATR (Jean-Michel Leonard)
    • EFW (Dierk Minke)
    • EADS Sogerma (Yves Richard)
    • EADS Socata (Philippe Debrun)
  • Space
    • Astrium (Armand Carlier, Joseph Kind, Klauss Ensslin)
    • EADS Launch Vehicles (Philippe Couillard)
  • Defense and Civil Systems
    • Defense Electronics (Stefan Zoller)
    • Service (Jacques Vannier)
    • Missiles MBD (Fabrice Brégier)
    • Aerospatiale Matra Missiles (Pierre Dubois)
    • Missiles LFK (Werner Kaltenegger)
    • Telecommunications (Jacques Payer)

When the company was founded, the shares were distributed as follows:

  • 34.5% of the shares were issued on the stock exchanges and were in free float ,
  • Daimler AG held 30% (sale of the last shares: 2013)
  • The Lagardère Group (15%) (Lagardere sold the shares in 2013) and the French state (15%) hold 30% ,
  • The Spanish SEPI holds 5.5% .

In the same year, the German Rainer Hertrich and the French Phillippe Camus took over the positions of Chief Executive Officers . Due to disagreements between the shareholders of Airbus and the separation of BAE Systems , EADS integrated 80% of the company Airbus, while 20% remained with BAE Systems. For this reason, Airbus had the following subtitle: " an EADS joint venture with BAE SYSTEMS " (German: a joint venture between EADS and BAE Systems).

Airbus A380

At the end of the year, Airbus officially announced the start of the A380 program, for which 50 firm commitments had been made by then.

2001 to 2002

In 2001, EADS continued to seek new joint ventures. This results in ET Marinesysteme in Wilhelmshaven , which is 50% owned by EADS and Thales Nederland and manufactures naval combat control systems. The aim of EADS was a broader positioning in the market and the development of new business areas. Also, MBDA is a joint venture of different companies such as Aerospatiale Matra Missiles , Matra BAE Dynamics and Alenia Marconi Systems . This arms company manufactures guided missiles that are used in the Eurofighter EF 2000 , Dassault Rafale and Saab JAS-39 Gripen , among others .

EADS Aeroframe Services LLC was also founded in 2001. This joint venture between EADS (81%) and Northrop Grumman (19%) is responsible for servicing all Airbus aircraft operating in North and South America . After the decision of the Polish government to upgrade its armed forces with the products of EADS (including the C-295 ), EADS acquired 85% of the share capital of "PZL Warszawa Okecie" and integrated the company under the new name " EADS PZL " completely in EADS. EADS was able to strengthen its competitiveness, especially against the US competition from Boeing , thanks to an increased order volume with new orders for the Airbus A380, the A400M and the Eurocopter Tiger .

In 2002, the Tiger Support Helicopter (UHT) was introduced

In addition to numerous new launches and first flights ( A318 , EC 145 , Eurocopter Tiger , Eurofighter Typhoon ), production of the world's largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380, began, and the EU approved the construction of its own satellite navigation system called Galileo .

In 2002 EADS was able to increase its sales again through orders - especially in the military sector and in cooperation with the USA .

For the first time, Airbus succeeded in gaining market share with easyJet for 120 Airbus A319s, Boeing's main competitor, in the low-cost airline segment . At the same time, EADS took over full control of Astrium and Paradigm after the shares were bought out by BAE Systems. EADS was listed in the German MDAX share index for the first time .

2003 restructuring

The enlarged market range and the greater variety of products at EADS forced the company to restructure. This resulted in EADS Defense and Security Systems as one of the five business units - called divisions . The aim of the new division was to bundle the company's military business areas. Among other things, the Military Aircraft, Defense Electronics, Defense and Communications Systems, Missiles and Services divisions were subordinated to her.

The group is divided into the following business areas (divisions).

Divisions (management) / operational structure (management)

Furthermore, the year 2003 was characterized by an expansion of the global company shares, especially in the USA and Russia. The EADS subsidiary Airbus was also successful. For the first time in the history of civil aviation, the order volume of its main competitor Boeing was exceeded, making Airbus the market leader in the construction of civil passenger aircraft.

Global expansion was also advanced with the establishment of EADS Russia , the first Airbus design center outside of the founding states. At the end of the year, EADS and BAE Systems decided to market the A350 . The development of this passenger aircraft has been criticized by potential customers: it contains too few innovations compared to the competitor model, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner . This prompted Airbus to revise it.

2005 change of leadership

The Eurofighter Typhoon

After intense internal disputes, there were changes in management. Thomas Enders and Noël Forgeard became equal presidents ( CEOs ) of EADS, while Gustav Humbert took over the management of Airbus . As a consequence, two Chief Operating Officers - each for Strategy, International Business and Finance - have been appointed within the EADS management level . These were the French Jean-Paul Gut and the German Hans-Peter Ring . In June 2005 the former Aeronautics division was dissolved and a new Eurocopter division was created. The ATR and EADS Socata business units have been placed under the direct responsibility of the EADS COO .

In 2005 the group was divided into the following business areas (divisions).

Divisions (management) / operational structure (management)

The year 2005 was mainly characterized by the launch of the Airbus A380 . But other important products such as the Eurofighter Typhoon have now been delivered to customers in their final configuration for the first time.

2006 to 2009

On July 2, 2006, Noël Forgeard resigned as EADS CEO, his successor being the previous head of the French railway company SNCF Louis Gallois . At the same time, Gustav Humbert resigned from his position as head of Airbus. His successor was Christian Streiff in July 2006 .

In August 2006, EADS received a major order worth 3 to 4 billion euros to set up a new digital police radio network TETRA for Germany in cooperation with Siemens.

BAE Systems sold its 20 percent stake in Airbus to EADS for 2.75 billion euros, making it the sole owner of Airbus. Also in August 2006 the Russian state foreign trade bank VTB (formerly Vneschtorgbank) bought 5.02% of the shares in EADS. The share package cost around 781 million euros, reported the Moscow business newspaper Vedomosti . According to the newspaper, Russian officials said that Moscow wanted to use the commitment to influence the management of EADS in the long term. The Wneschtorgbank used the price fall, which had hit the EADS papers in recent months because of the internal dispute and the problems with the construction of the giant A380 aircraft . In October representatives of Wneschtorgbank announced that they had increased their stake to six to seven percent, reported the French business magazine Les Echos.

At the beginning of October 2006 Christian Streiff resigned from his position after only three months, which has now been taken over by Louis Gallois in addition to his functions at EADS. In October 2006 Gallois announced a location competition between Hamburg and Toulouse for the final assembly of the A380.

At the same time it became known that what was then Daimler-Chrysler AG intended to reduce its share in the EADS group by 7.5%. In order not to jeopardize the balance of the participation of France and Germany (both hold 22.49% of the EADS shares), politicians also looked for solutions. As a compromise, the takeover of the share by a bank consortium emerged without acquiring its own share of the votes in EADS. As a result, partial financing by foreign banks also seemed unproblematic. A buyback by Daimler-Chrysler could take place in several years.

UH-72A Lakota from Eurocopter

In 2006, EADS won a competition for an important order from the US Army for 322 helicopters for the first time with the UH-72 Lakota from the Eurocopter subsidiary .

In July 2007, Dubai International Capital (DIC) bought EADS and acquired a stake of 3.12 percent.

As a result of the Airbus crisis , it was decided on July 16, 2007 to abolish dual leadership at EADS; the first sole CEO was Louis Gallois , while Thomas Enders took over the management of Airbus. In order to keep the influence of Germany and France balanced, the German Rüdiger Grube got the chairmanship of the board of directors.

In March 2008, EADS, as a partner of Northrop Grumman, received a major order from the US Air Force to modernize its fleet of tanker aircraft. The consortium surprisingly prevailed against its competitor Boeing . The contract was valued at at least $ 35 billion and included the construction of 179 KC-45A tankers based on the Airbus A330. Another novelty was the production site that was to be set up in Mobile , Alabama , which meant relocating key production steps to the USA. According to EADS, the order should also create new jobs in Europe.

Airbus Military A330 MRTT tanker

On September 10, 2008, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates declared the award void and postponed the contract. The subsequent government should decide on the further course of the bidding process. The US Court of Auditors had already recommended this step in June 2008 due to errors in the tender. This was preceded by a violent public argument about the failure to consider Boeing's KC-767. EADS and its partner Northrop Grumman announced on March 8, 2010 that they no longer wanted to submit an offer after the tender had been changed so that the KC-45A could no longer meet the new requirements. By submitting an offer on July 9, 2010, EADS entered the competition for the major contract again, but in February 2011 it lost the bid to Boeing .

At the beginning of July 2009, after a negotiation period of 13 years, EADS 'Defense & Security division received a contract for the delivery of systems to secure the 9,000-kilometer border of Saudi Arabia . This is the world's largest project of its kind.

2010 Renaming of EADS Defense & Security and EADS Astrium

In 2010 the EADS Defense & Security division was renamed Cassidian and the EADS Astrium division was renamed Astrium .

In 2010 the group was divided into the following business areas (divisions).

The ATR (Filippo Bagnato) business unit was directly under the responsibility of the EADS COO .

Divisions (management) / operational structure (management)

Logo used until 2010

2011 to 2013

Failed merger with BAE

In July 2012, the Financial Times Deutschland reported on a possible takeover of BAE Systems , a British aerospace and defense company. On October 10, 2012, EADS and BAE announced the failure of the planned merger in a joint announcement. The states involved could not have agreed on a common approach, whereupon both companies broke off the negotiations. EADS blamed the German government for the failure.

Change in the shareholder structure

In April 2013, Lagardère sold the remaining EADS shares.

2014 renamed Airbus Group

At the half-year press conference on July 31, 2013, EADS announced that the company would be renamed Airbus Group as of January 1, 2014. In addition, the merger of the previously independent Airbus Military , Astrium and Cassidian divisions to form Airbus Defense and Space was announced within a year. The headquarters of Airbus Defense and Space is Munich .

2015 Change of legal form

The Annual General Meeting of Airbus Group NV on May 27, 2015 announced the changing form of Airbus Group NV into the legal form of Societas Europaea (SE). As a result, the company name changes to Airbus Group SE with effect from June 2, 2015 .

2017 transformation program

Airbus Group SE and the largest division (business unit) Airbus Commercial Aircraft (Airbus SAS) were merged to form a new company, Airbus SE. In April 2019, Guillaume Faury took over the position of CEO from Tom Enders.

Business areas

Airbus Commercial Aircraft

Logo of Airbus until 2016

Airbus is the largest Airbus Group division. The family of Airbus passenger aircraft ranges from the smallest Airbus A318 to the largest Airbus, the Airbus A380 , the world's largest passenger aircraft, which was first delivered to Singapore Airlines on October 15, 2007 in Toulouse . For the first time in its history, Airbus (always the Airbus Group's largest profit maker) made a loss in 2006 due to the A380 crisis.

Airbus Defense and Space

Logo of Airbus Defense and Space until 2016

The newly established Airbus Defense and Space division , based in Ottobrunn near Munich, brings together the old EADS divisions Cassidian , Astrium and Airbus Military . Its product portfolio includes military aircraft (e.g. Eurofighter Typhoon , Airbus A400M , Airbus A330 MRTT , Airbus C-295 Persuader ), satellites and orbital systems, commercial launch vehicles ( ArianeGroup ), guided missiles ( MBDA ), defense systems, security solutions and communication technology.

Airbus Helicopters

Logo of Airbus Helicopters until 2016
Eurocopter EC 135

Airbus Helicopters, which was Eurocopter until January 1, 2014, was founded in 1992 and is now a German-French-Spanish subgroup and a division of the Airbus Group. In 2009, Airbus Helicopters consolidated its position as the world's number one in the civil and parastatal helicopter market with a turnover of 4.6 billion euros, orders for 344 new helicopters and a share of 52 percent in the civil and parastatal market. Taken together, the Group's products make up 30 percent of the total global helicopter fleet. Its strong global presence is supported by 18 subsidiaries in five continents as well as a dense network of sales partners, authorized dealers and maintenance centers. There are currently more than 10,500 Airbus Helicopters helicopters in service for over 2,800 customers in more than 140 countries. Airbus Helicopters is the manufacturer with the world's largest selection of civil and military helicopters. The Airbus Helicopters Group employs around 15,600 people.

Further

The group includes the subsidiary Premium Aerotec with the production of structures and manufacturing systems, Stelia Aerospace - aviation supplier for structural and outer skin elements as well as interior equipment, Airbus Transport International with five Beluga transport aircraft and the Elbe Flugzeugwerke in Dresden , which specializes in the conversion of passengers - is specialized in cargo aircraft and carries out the structural test of the A380.

Other products and joint ventures are also included in the group: ATR with regional turboprop aircraft, SOCATA until sales in 2009 (today: Hence Airplane ) with light sport and travel aircraft and Tarmac Aerosave , the largest European company for aircraft storage , maintenance and - scrapping.

Group-wide research and development operates under the name Airbus Group Innovation (AGI) .

Corporate governance

The corporate management consists of a Board of Directors , which has a maximum of twelve members. These are appointed or dismissed by the shareholders at the general meeting . The Board appoints a Chief Executive Officer from among its members , who, supported by an Executive Committee, manages day-to-day business.

At the Annual General Meeting on April 10, 2019 in Amsterdam , the Frenchman Guillaume Faury was appointed to the governing body and subsequently appointed CEO. He succeeds Thomas Enders .

Financial figures

Financial figures 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Sales in million euros 59,256 56,480 49.128 45,752 42,822 43,265 39.123 39,434 34.206 31,761
EBITDA in million euros 4,575 4.142 3,473 2,769 1,446 4,439 1,751 2,033 4,365 3,841
EBIT in million euros 2,661 2,186 1,696 1,231 (322) 2,830 52 399 2,852 2,432
Research and development costs in EUR million 3,160 3,142 3.152 2,939 2,825 2,669 2,608 2,458 2,075 2.126
Consolidated earnings in EUR million 1,465 1,198 1.104 584 (722) 1,613 (433) 199 1,769 1,342
Earnings per share in EUR 1.85 1.46 1.27 0.68 (0.94) 1.95 (0.56) 0.12 2.11 1.50
Dividend per share in EUR 0.75 0.60 0.45 0.22 0.00 0.20 0.12 0.12 0.65 0.50
Free cash flow in EUR million (818) 3,472 958 2,707 585 2,559 3,354 2,029 2,413 1,614
Incoming orders in EUR million 218,681 102,471 131,027 83.147 45,847 98,648 136,799 69,018 92,551 44.117
Order backlog as of December 31 in EUR million 686.734 566.463 540,978 448.493 389,067 400,248 339,532 262.810 253.235 184,288
Employees (number) as of December 31 144.061 140.405 133.115 121,691 119.506 118,349 116,493 116,805 113.210 110,662
accounted for in accordance with IFRS; the financial year ends on December 31.

Sales of military equipment in 2012 amounted to 15.4 billion US dollars .

Shareholder structure

Current shareholder structure (as of March 31, 2020):

At 26.00%, the governments in France, Germany and Spain together have a blocking minority .

criticism

Subsidies

In disputes with US competition, both sides repeatedly accuse each other of industrial policy measures that distort competition . In addition to the actual contracts, this also includes government loans and debt relief. According to information from the FAS , European development aid for the A380 alone adds up to 3.6 billion euros , and in 1998 Germany waived DM 7 billion in the repayment of loans to DASA .

Scandals

In spring 2006, the company hit the headlines in connection with the Clearstream II affair in France. In May 2006, EADS Vice-President Jean-Louis Gergorin admitted to authoring anonymous letters to coroners falsely suspecting Nicolas Sarkozy and other politicians of taking bribes through secret accounts at Clearstream. Gergorin has been suspended from his post at EADS. Previously, in April 2006, the offices of Gergorin and other EADS managers were raided by the French judiciary.

In the summer, EADS co-boss Noël Forgeard hit the headlines when it became known that he had sold options worth € 2.5 million about two weeks before the postponement of the planned delivery date of the new A380 was announced, which was generally is taken as an indication of insider trading . Forgeard denied this and blamed his German colleague for the delays. On July 2, 2006, he announced his resignation .

In May 2011, the MDR reported that there was new evidence that federal police officers were working on behalf of EADS in Saudi Arabia. These are internal project papers, contracts and pictures. As the ARD magazine FAKT shows in a report, it emerges from this that the German officials not only train Saudi border police officers in how to use the modern EADS devices, but also for demonstrations and riots. On a video film that FAKT is exclusively available, the federal police showed how to occupy and search houses. With the knowledge of the German officials, the Saudi security forces could act even more efficiently against their own opposition. Demonstrations in Saudi Arabia have been violently suppressed for months. The background to this is an order for EADS from 2009 to secure the 9000 km long border with Saudi Arabia with a high-tech border system with surveillance technology, radar systems, sonars and cameras. The billion dollar deal for EADS, according to the group the world's largest project that has ever been awarded as a complete solution, came about because the federal police were taking on the training of the Saudi security forces at the same time, according to research by the MDR at the beginning of April. The armaments company EADS pays trainer fees to the federal police officers deployed, but they continue to receive their basic salaries from the Federal Ministry of the Interior and thus from the German taxpayer.

corruption

In 2001, allegations of corruption were made in connection with a major arms contract in the Republic of South Africa in 1999. A leading politician on the Defense Committee in Parliament was subsequently found guilty of not accepting gifts. EADS officially admitted that in 30 cases it has "provided assistance" to leading politicians in obtaining luxury vehicles.

The bribery proceedings initiated in South Africa against the responsible EADS manager Michael Wörfel were closed in 2003 by the Northern Transvaal Regional Court. In 2004, the Munich public prosecutor also closed the preliminary investigation against Wörfel, which had been initiated in parallel in Germany (Az. 572 Js 39830/01). He later became head of the EADS branch in Turkey.

In 2005 the media reported about investigations by the Romanian public prosecutor's office against EADS on suspicion of corruption in connection with a 650 million euro contract for border security in Romania, which was awarded without a public tender. EADS was suspected of providing overpriced services to Romania and of including services for which PHARE funds had already been allocated.

In a lawsuit for corruption in business dealings and breach of trust to the detriment of EADS, two former EADS managers were sentenced by the Munich District Court to imprisonment of over two years without parole. A subcontractor was sentenced to two years and eleven months' imprisonment in this matter; two other subcontractors were convicted of commercial bribery. The entrepreneurs had secured orders for the digitization of technical manuals for the Tornado fighter aircraft by granting advantages to the managers. In November 2007, the 51-year-old accused was sentenced to two years probation for bribing EADS employees. The former Airbus employee received a one-year suspended sentence.

On April 10, 2007, the commander of the Austrian Air Force (Airchief), Major General Erich Wolf , who played a key role in the procurement decision for 18 Austrian Eurofighters, was dismissed from him on suspicion of false testimony before an investigative committee and the forbidden acceptance of gifts from an EADS lobbyist Office suspended. ( Eurofighter affair )

The Indian government raised allegations of corruption and on December 7, 2007 canceled a major order for 197 helicopters worth US $ 600 million. The government in New Delhi accused the group of "irregularities in the bidding process". According to the Indian Ministry of Defense, the EADS helicopter division Eurocopter originally won the tender in February 2007 only “through the prohibited use of middlemen”.

On November 6, 2012, the Munich public prosecutor's office searched the corporate headquarters of EADS Germany. Among other things, it concerns the suspicion of bribery in connection with the sale of 15 Eurofighter fighter aircraft to the Austrian army.

In 2015, Transparency International UK published a report that mentions bribery payments when doing business with Austria, Romania and Saudi Arabia.

Locations

As of 2015, the Airbus Group had 170 locations worldwide. The main locations (in brackets: employees as of December 31, 2015) are in France (50,810), Germany (47,796), Spain (12,521), the United Kingdom (12,157), the United States (2,821) and other countries (10,469) , e.g. B. China , India and Poland . The Airbus Group has 29 locations in Germany.

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A selection of the locations in Europe:

Germany

Commercial Aircraft Division

  • Hamburg - Airbus headquarters in Germany.
  • Bremen - At the Airbus site in Bremen, aircraft wings are equipped and landing flaps are manufactured.
  • Stade - Manufactures vertical stabilizers for all Airbus aircraft made of fiber composite materials and other components made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic.
  • Buxtehude - Manufactures cabin communication devices and passenger systems.

Defense and Space Division

  • Ottobrunn - Research and development center, headquarters of the company and the production of space propulsion systems and satellite subsystems for telecommunications, navigation and earth observation.
  • Manching - Dornier Flugzeugwerft GmbH (DFW) - The plant is responsible for maintenance, depot inspections and upgrading of the military aircraft of the German Air Force and NATO armed forces. They also manufacture the Eurofighter fuselage center section. Part of the final assembly of the Eurofighter also takes place here.
  • Bremen headquarters for all areas of manned spaceflight. Development and production of the Columbus science laboratory. In addition, development and production of the upper level of Ariane 5. Further core competencies are the development of re-entry technologies and reusable transport systems such as the former Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) of the ISS .
  • Friedrichshafen / Immenstaad on Lake Constance system management of navigation, earth observation and science satellites, reconnaissance and surveillance systems, target display drones
  • Lampoldshausen - Develops and manufactures engines for the use of satellites, probes and research platforms in orbital earth orbits.
  • Trust - weightlessness experiments, rescue systems for submarines, hydrazine production facilities, environmental protection advice
  • Ulm - In the past mainly defense electronics and radars, but these segments were outsourced under the name Hensoldt , today for example C4ISR system development

Helicopters division

Subsidiary locations

  • Premium Aerotec - subsidiary in which the following outsourced plants have been combined:
    • Augsburg - Production and functional testing of aircraft components, assembly and equipment of structures, design and construction of production plants, Division: Defense & Security
    • Bremen - sheet metal and thermoplastic parts production
    • Nordenham - sheet metal production and shell construction
    • Varel - machining of aircraft parts as well as development and construction of manufacturing equipment
    • Hamburg - Small location with 150 employees
  • MBDA Germany
    • Schrobenhausen - headquarters of MBDA Germany, development, production and maintenance of guided missile systems
    • Aschau am Inn - location of Bayern-Chemie Protac, production of propulsion systems for guided missiles
  • TESAT Spacecom
    • Backnang - Systems and devices for telecommunication via satellite

Other locations

  • Berlin
    • Dornier Consulting International GmbH
    • Professional mobile radio
  • Bonn - four locations, including defense electronics and security technology
    • Airbus Buxtehude develops & produces the electrical part of cabin management systems (see also Goodrich Corporation & C&D Zodiac Inc ).
    • Airbus KID-Systeme GmbH is responsible for Skypower (laptop socket), ALPPS (first-class seat electronics) and GSM on board (see also OnAir ).
  • Dresden - Elbe Flugzeugwerke converts passenger aircraft into transport aircraft and supplies Airbus with lightweight interior fittings.
  • Jena - location of Jena-Optronik
  • Kiel - customer support for the Navy
  • Koblenz - Political Affairs
  • Oberkochen - Cassidian Optronics since October 1st, 2012: Development and manufacture of optronic, optical and fine mechanical precision products for military and civil applications. The focus is on systems for border area surveillance, optical and optoelectronic devices and components for vehicles as well as submarine periscopes .
  • Sulzbach (Taunus) - Training Center Frankfurt: Training and advanced training in the field of radio technology ( TETRA )
  • Unterschleißheim - Headquarters of Cassidian, development of missile systems and key components, avionics , electro-optical EloKa , development, production and sales of professional mobile radio, radio systems for defense and internal security, C3I, air defense, global security
  • Wilhelmshaven - Customer service for the German Navy , software development for F124 and K130

Former locations

France

  • Arcueil - cartography and image data generation, internet technology
  • Blagnac near Toulouse - Airbus Headquarters, Central Functions, Customer Support and Services, Marketing / Sales, Design Office, Airbus Transport, Engine Pylons, Electrical Cable Harnesses, Cockpit Equipment, Installation of A330 Cabin Interior , Final Assembly of A320 / A330 / A350 / A380
  • Boulogne-Billancourt
  • Bourges - Manufacture of the MBDA of guided missiles and missile systems
  • Caudebec-en-Caux - Material maintenance, repair and modernization of machines, engines and jet engines, auxiliary units (APU), metal structures for aerospace applications (container construction)
  • Cazaux military airfield - tests
  • Châtillon - guided missiles and missile systems, research and development
  • Colomiers - light maintenance, upgrades and retrofits of all types of aircraft
  • Compiègne
  • Douarnenez
  • Fontenay-aux-Roses - sales company for guided missile systems
  • Guyancourt
  • La Courneuve - Eurocopter location , marketing, distribution center, manufacturing, test and customer service center for rotor blades
  • La Ferté-Saint-Aubin
  • Le Bourget - Heavy maintenance of medium-sized civil and military aircraft, licensed distributor and center for overhaul of turboprops and jet engines for Pratt & Whitney , Garrett, General Electric, Allison etc. Repairs and structural changes for airplanes and helicopters, production of hydraulic seals for aviation , Marine and nuclear applications
  • Le Plessis-Robinson - location of MBDA and Roxel (manufacturer of rocket engines for tactical weapon systems and cruise missiles)
  • Les Mureaux - EADS Astrium , Central Services, Management of Major Space and Strategic Missile Programs, Integration of Liquid Propulsion Stages of the Ariane Launcher, Lightweight Composite Structures, Data Processing, Simulation, Test and Inspection Facilities
  • Le Subdray - location of the MBDA and Roxel
  • Les Ulis - fire control, stabilized platforms, decoys; Nuclear defense technology
  • Limeil-Brévannes - Scanning sensors and static sensors for satellite position determination, Star Tracker for instrument alignment systems, satellite position control or calibration in flight, Earth observation cameras for the visible and IR range, scientific experiments, neutron generators, neutron analysis of loose material (cement, coal , Nickel), neutron sensors for the detection of drugs, hidden explosives, IR and UV lenses, lenses and optical systems for industrial applications, IR projection systems for IR seeker tests
  • Marignane - Eurocopter headquarters, design office, flight tests, prototype and series production, assembly lines, delivery, customer service, training center, industrial center for composites and mechanics
  • Méaulte - Airbus site , section assemblies, machining of small light metal parts
  • Mérignac
  • Montigny-le-Bretonneux
  • Nantes - Airbus location , section assembly: mechanical components made of composite materials, machining of large light metal structural components, structural components made of composite materials, chemical milling
  • Orléans - laser technology and high-precision optical systems for civil and military applications. Manufacturing department in Orléans
  • Paris - Headquarters of EADS France, EADS Astrium
  • Rochefort
  • Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc
  • Saint-Médard-en-Jalles - Solid fuel booster integration (e.g. for ballistic missiles), re-entry vehicles, design and manufacture of heat protection systems, thermostructural materials, complex test programs, development of ground systems
  • Saint-Nazaire - Airbus location , assembly of cockpit and front fuselage section, fuselage shells, sheet metal parts, piping systems
  • Salaunes - EADS Composite Aquitaine designs, develops and implements highly complex composite materials for aerospace applications as well as for the automotive and rail industries
  • Selles-Saint-Denis
  • Sèvres - location of the MBDA , anti-aircraft, anti-tank and anti-ship missiles
  • Sophia Antipolis
  • Suresnes - Development, production and services for training simulators, test systems for project-related risks, functional safety, industrial safety, software quality, data processing and research center
  • Tarbes - EADS Socata designs and manufactures a full range of light two to seven seat aircraft. EADS Socata also undertakes other work, from design to customer service, such as maintenance, repair, retrofitting and customer service tasks for a wide range of commercial aircraft and business jets
  • Toulon
  • Val-de-Reuil - avionics , mission planning
  • Valenton - bomb locks, weapon pylons, multifunctional containers, missile release systems, ejector systems, passive countermeasures, chaff / flare dispensers and computers with interface functions for all types of aircraft and helicopters
  • Vélizy-Villacoublay - EADS Astrium

literature

  • Carsten Bockstette: Corporate interests, network structures and the emergence of a European defense industry. A case study using the example of the establishment of the European Aeronautic, Defense and Space Company (EADS). Dr. Kovač Verlag, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-8300-0966-6 .

Web links

Wiktionary: EADS  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Commons : Airbus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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