A EuropeaNorth Aeronautic Defence & Space Company EADS N.V. (EADS) ()occurs as big European industrial corporation of the aerospace business, formed by the merger in July 10, 2000 of Aérospatiale-Matra of France, Dornier GmbH and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) of Germany, and Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain.

When of 2004, EADS employs more than 110,000 population at Seventy production web sites worldwide. Legally incorporated within Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the corporation's headquarters come located in Paris, France, and within Ottobrunn, south of Munich, Germany.

Management
EADS operates by using deuce co-CEO's, 1 French & one German, currently Tom Enders and Noël Forgeard. Likewise a leadership of the board of directors is shared between two co-chairmen: Arnaud Lagardère and Manfred Bischoff. This technique was established using a creation of EADS inside 2000.

Forgeard was antecedently CEO of the aircraft manufacturer Airbus. Around late 2004 he wwhen nominated by Lagardère as a next French CEO of EADS. Forgeard experienced suggested that this rules should become abolished within favour one CEO in the move that DaimlerChrysler saw as an attempt to engineer the French dominated management team.

Below drawn-out arguments, which induced embarrassment to EADS at a Paris Air Show, the appointment was confirmed per EADS Board of Directors in June 25, 2005. At a equivalent meeting a Board, inside consultation sustaining partner BAE Systems, known as Gustav Humbert as President and CEO of Airbus.

History and activities

EADS was formed by its member corporations inside July 2000, to turn into the world's 2nd big aerospace company (when Boeing). EADS is too a 2nd-largest European arms manufacturer (after BAE Systems.) The company develops & markets civil & military aircraft, also when missiles, space rockets, & related systems.

Inside November 2003, EADS announced that it was shopping for working by using Japanese corporations, & a Japanese METI, to develop the hypersonic airliner intended to be the big, sooner, & quietly, replacement for the Concorde, which was retired in October a equivalent season.

EADS occurs as major contributor to the International Space Station, and is required to deliver Columbus in 2007 through its subsidiary EADS SPACE Transportation.

EADS divisions
Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)
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Airbus Division
Airbus S.A.S. is 80% owned by EADS, with BAE Systems owning the remaining 20% (October 2005). Airbus headquarters come located in Toulouse, France.

Eurocopter Division
Eurocopter is a manufacturer of light & medium civil & military eggbeater. A CEO is Fabrice Brégier & a headquarters come around Marignane, France.

Military Transport Aircraft Division
EADS produces military conveyance aircraft, principally across Airbus' majority ownership of Airbus Military. These are a creator & manufacturer-to-exist as of the Airbus A400M – competitor to Lockheed Martin's C-130 Hercules. It manufactures a A310 MRTT and A330 MRTT conversions.

Space Division
a Space section consists of trine sub-divisions: EADS Astrium (100% owned), the satellite company. BAE Systems' 25% stake inside its predessessor, Astrium, was bought out in 30 January 2003. EADS Astrium is depending inside Toulouse, France, & a CEO is Antoine Bouvier. A total of employees, as of 2004, is 6,092, spread among four countries: France (2445; 40%), UK (2136; 35%), Germany (1279; 21%), & Spain (232; 4%). EADS SPACE Transportation (100% owned), responsible the Ariane launchers and orbital systems like Columbus. A CEO is Alain Charmeau. EADS SPACE Services (100% owned), formed mostly from either Paradigm Secure Communications Ltd, a defence satellite operator for the UK MoD (operating the Skynet 5 system) 28% shareowner within space transfer operator Arianespace (largest commercial stockholder) CEO is François Auque.

Defence & Security Systems Division
A Defence & Security Systems division consists of five sub-divisions. EADS Military Aircraft, including products like a Mako/HEAT, and stakes in the resulting corporations: Dassault Aviation (45.76%), manufacturer of fighters and more military aircraft Eurofighter GmbH (46%), manufacturer of Eurofighter Typhoon.

EADS Services

Missiles MBDA (37.5%) LFK

Defence Electronics, a sensing element & avionics home of EAD Defence & Communications Systems, electronics/software body house

Other
EADS Socata is a manufacturer of small aircraft

Shareholders

When of 31 December 2004, about 1-third of EADS index is publicly traded in sestet European securities market & a rest is divided among deuce-ace major shareowner. [http://www.eads.com/xml/content/OF00000000400004/1/69/29666691.gif][http://www.eads.com/frame/lang/en/1024/xml/content/OF00000000400004/6/03/31000036.html]

Publicly traded: 34.08% (Includes Three.55% held by EADS employees, Zero.06% held by French government, & Cypher.78% held when treasury stock. Traded in Euronext Paris, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, & a Madrid, Bilbao, Barcelona and Valencia securities market.) DaimlerChrysler: 30.17% SOGEADE: 30.17% (50% French government, 50% Lagardère) SEPI: 5.51% (Spanish state holding company)

In July 17, 2004 The Economist reported that the ternion major shareowner, DaimlerChrysler, SOGEADE & SEPI, intend to sell their shares by 2006–2007. DaimlerChrysler would such as additional capital to invest within its core activities, Lagardère wants to withdraw from either defence aerospace, & a French government is pursuing denationalization in which appropriate.

Criticism

Such as any big industrial conglomerate which manufactures munition, EADS has been subjected to criticism. Alleged wrongdoings include: A delivery of weapons to nin-NATO countries while foron-going due consideration for a political situation & the economic symptoms & to countries in which there is an on-going arms race. Utilizing payoff sequentially to farther sales within South Africa. Engendering the threat of a trade war after specific bids come rejected (e.g. a outbreak of the Republic of Korea's F-15K Strike Eagle competition).