Airbus Military

Airbus Military

Industry	Defense
Founded	2009
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain[1][2]
Key people	Domingo Ureña-Raso, (CEO)
Products	Military aircraft
Parent	Airbus S.A.S., EADS
Website	www.airbusmilitary.com

First Airbus A400M roll-out in Seville in June 2008

CASA C-295 of the Polish Air Force

Airbus Military is a business unit of Airbus, which is part of the EADS conglomerate. The current 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.

History

The company was established in January 1999 as the 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 signature of the production contract.

The Military Transport Aircraft Division (MTAD) was a division of EADS which designs, manufactures and commercialises EADS-CASA light and medium transport aircraft, and headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

On 16 December 2008, EADS announced that MTAD and AMSL would be integrated into Airbus as part of Airbus Military.^[3] Carlos Suarez, the current head of MTAD, will head the restructured Airbus Military.

Products

• Airbus A330 MRTT
• Airbus A400M
• CASA C-212 Aviocar
• CASA/IPTN CN-235
• EADS CASA C-295

See also

• CASA FITS

References

1. ^ The Company. Airbus Military
2. ^ Madrid, sede de Airbus Military. El Mundo (spanish)
3. ^ EADS: Towards a Leaner Organisation (Archive Dec 2008, 16th)

External links

• Airbus Military website