Airbus Military was a business unit of Airbus, which was part of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) from 2009 to 2013.
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| Industry | Defense |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Defunct | January 2014 |
| Fate | Reorganised |
| Successor | Airbus Defence and Space |
| Headquarters | , Spain[1] |
Key people | Domingo Ureña-Raso, CEO (2009-2014)[2] |
| Products | Military aircraft |
| Parent | Airbus S.A.S., EADS |
| Website | www.airbusmilitary.com |
The company was formally created in April 2009 by the integration of the former Military Transport Aircraft Division (MTAD) and Airbus Military Sociedad Limitada (AMSL) into Airbus. In January 2014, former EADS divisions Airbus Military, Astrium, and Cassidian merged to form Airbus Defence and Space.[3]
History
editThe predecessor company, headquartered in Blagnac, was established in January 1999 as Airbus Military Company SAS, to manage the Airbus A400M project, taking over from the Euroflag consortium. In May 2003, the company was restructured as Airbus Military Sociedad Limitada (AMSL) prior to the contract being awarded and its headquarters moved to Madrid, Spain.
The Military Transport Aircraft Division (MTAD) was a division of EADS which designed, manufactured and sold EADS-CASA light and medium transport aircraft, headquartered in Madrid, Spain.[4]
On 16 December 2008, EADS announced that MTAD and AMSL would be integrated into Airbus as part of Airbus Military.[5]
In February 2009, Domingo Ureña-Raso was appointed chair and CEO of Airbus Military.[2]
On July 31, 2013, parent company EADS announced its reorganization as the Airbus Group. Airbus Military, Astrium, and Cassidian were merged and reorganized to form a new division: Airbus Defence and Space,[6] marking the end of the Airbus Military corporate entity. Airbus Group's two other divisions are Airbus and Airbus Helicopters[7]
Evolution
edit| Dec 1970 | Jan 1992 | July 2000 | Sep 2000 | Jan 2001 | Dec 2006 | Apr 2009 | Sep 2010 | Jan 2014 | May 2015 | Jan 2017 | Apr 2017 | ||
| European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company NV | Airbus Group NV | Airbus Group SE | Airbus SE | ||||||||||
| Airbus Industrie GIE | Airbus SAS | ||||||||||||
| Airbus Military SAS | Airbus Defence and Space SAS | ||||||||||||
| EADS Defence and Security | Cassidian SAS | ||||||||||||
| Astrium SAS | EADS Astrium SAS | ||||||||||||
| Eurocopter SA | Eurocopter SAS | Airbus Helicopters SAS | |||||||||||
Products
editGallery
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First Airbus A400M roll-out in Seville in June 2008 -
CASA C-295 of the Polish Air Force -
CASA C-212 of the Swedish Coast Guard -
A330MRTT of the Royal Air Force
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The Company Archived 2014-02-09 at the Wayback Machine. Airbus Military
- ^ a b "Biography_Domingo Ureña Raso". Airbus. January 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ^ "Airbus Defence and space". Archived from the original on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ^ Being Part of aMuch Bigger World Archived 2014-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ EADS: Towards a Leaner Organisation (Archive Dec 2008, 16th)
- ^ Chuter, Andrew (31 July 2013). "EADS Announces Name Change, Restructuring". Defensenews. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.
- ^ Messier, Doug (5 January 2014). "EADS Reorganizes, Acknowledges Success of SpaceX". Parabolic Arc. Retrieved 23 January 2014.