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unusual facts about EADS



Airbus Operations S.A.S.

Airbus Operations SAS, one of the four wholly owned subsidiaries of AIRBUS SAS (an EADS company) is a limited liability company (société par actions simplifiée) duly organised and existing under the laws of France, having its registered office at 316 route de Bayonne, 31060 Toulouse, France and represented by its General Manager Mr Patrick PIEDRAFITA.

AMSAR

This organisation, originally (GEC-Thomson-DASA Airborne Radar) is now made up of their successor companies, BAE Systems (now SELEX), Thales, and EADS, respectively.

Consortium

In 2001, EADS (created by the merger of French, German and Spanish Airbus partner companies) and BAE Systems (the British partner company) transferred their Airbus production assets to a new company, Airbus SAS.

Darleen Druyun

Druyun pleaded guilty to inflating the price of the contract to favor her future employer and to passing information on the competing Airbus A330 MRTT bid (from EADS).

Dassault nEUROn

During the 2003 Paris Air Show, French Minister of Defence Mme Michèle Alliot-Marie announced a major agreement signed between the French groups EADS France, Dassault Aviation and Thales.

EADS Astrium Space Transportation

After Evert Dudok took over from Antoine Bouvier as Head of EADS Astrium Satellites on 11 June 2007, Alain Charmeau assumed responsibility of the management of EADS Astrium Space Transportation.

Foosackly's

One of the company's advertising campaigns gained national and international attention in 2008 during the U.S. Air Force's KC-135 aerial refueling tanker dispute between Boeing and a Northrop Grumman/EADS partnership.

Indian Civil Aviation Airshow

Top honchos of the aviation industry from India and abroad were a part of the event, including Air India CMD Raghu Menon, Kingfisher Airlines chief Vijay Mallya, former US FAA Administrator Marion C Blakey, AAI chief K Ramalingam, EADS CEO Yves Guillame, GoAir MD Jehangir Wadia, Air Arabia CEO Adel Ali and top-brass of various airport operators, engine, avionics and aircraft manufacturers like Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier and Bell Helicopters.

James Buchanan Eads

In 1861, after the outbreak of the American Civil War, Eads was called to Washington at the prompting of his friend, Attorney General Edward Bates, to consult on the defense of the Mississippi River.

Louis Gallois

On 9 October 2006, Gallois replaced Christian Streiff as the CEO of the aircraft manufacturer Airbus S.A.S. On 16 July 2007, EADS's management structure was changed and Gallois was appointed CEO of EADS for 5 years.

Noël Forgeard

This position is shared with a German—then Thomas Enders—in a system that was established at the creation of EADS in 2000.

Forgeard resigned as CEO of EADS on 2 July 2006 and was replaced by Christian Streiff.

Nordallianz

Many corporations have located their business outside of Munich and thus within NordAllianz, including the German or European Headquarters of companies such as Microsoft, the EADS, General Electric, Swiss Re, ProSiebenSat.1

Project Scorpion

Larger defense companies serving as lead-system integrators for Project Scorpion include Northrop Grumman/EADS, Raytheon/Thales and General Dynamics, SAIC, SAGEM, Lockheed Martin Marietta and Boeing.

Rockwell-MBB X-31

VECTOR is a joint venture that includes the US Navy, Germany’s defense procurement agency BWB, Boeing's Phantom Works, and the European Aeronautic, Defense and Space Company in Ottobrunn, Germany.

Skysoft

Skysoft Portugal has been working with some of the major European players such as the European Space Agency, TMN Portugal, AXA Portugal, SIBS - Sociedade Interbancária de Serviços, Thales Avionics, BAE Systems Avionics, EADS - Airbus.

Systems Tool Kit

AGI states that STK has more than 40,000 installations at more than 800 global organizations such as NASA, ESA, CNES, DLR, Boeing, JAXA, ISRO, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, EADS, DOD, and Civil Air Patrol.

Thibault de Montbrial

The Canard enchaîné of May 10, 2006 says he gave on 3 May 2004 to judge Renaud Van Ruymbeke the letter of Jean-Louis Gergorin speaking of a major international plot against EADS and of his actors detaining accounts in Luxembourg bank called Clearstream credited with illegal money.

Timeline of three longest supported deck arch bridge spans

from:1874 till:1877 color:Eads-Paint text:"152m Eads Bridge, other span"

from:1874 till:1877 color:Eads-Paint text:"158m Eads Bridge, Illinois"

The lower deck of the Eads Bridge is suspended a bit, but not below the underside of the arch, and the upper deck is completely above of the arch, so Eads is included.

from:1877 till:1885 color:Eads-Paint text:"158m Eads Bridge, Illinois"

from:1885 till:1888 color:Eads-Paint text:"158m Eads Bridge, Illinois"

from:1877 till:1885 color:Eads-Paint text:"152m Eads Bridge, other span


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