EADS Has Good Quarter
Filed under: EADS, Earnings, France, Germany, Military Aviation, Restructuring, commercial aviation, logistics, production program
EADS announced that in the third quarter it was able to make a profit compared to the large losses last year. The Wall Street Journal has the story. Despite ongoing issues with two of its key programs - the A400 military transport and the A380 airliner - the company made about $800 M. The company found that its restructuring cost less then expected and cost reductions in the construction of its commercial aircraft also helped. Read more
Europeon view of KC-45
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, EADS, Federal Budget Process, GAO, Military Aviation, Northrop Grumman Corp., Proposal, Protest, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, development program, logistics, production program
This article in the Deutsche Welle provides a good round up of the current on goings of the KC-45 recompete. It reiterates that despite rumors on not participating in this round Boeing went ahead and had their meeting with OSD and the Air Force to discuss the RFP. Obviously there is a great deal of interest in Germany, and Europe as a whole, for EADS to win the contract. It would be the largest to date for a primarily European based company.
Europeon nations developing common UAV
Filed under: EADS, France, Military Aviation, S, development program
This article describes how EADS is moving forward on a development contract for UAV for Germany, Spain, and France. They have finished the study phase and are now working on risk reduction. Ultimately, if all things go well they will move into production of a UAV for all three nations. There is no discussion as to how they will integrate the requirements of the different countries, or perhaps they will all accept the same solution. As in most programs EADS will have to produce a certain number of aircraft to make back some of the money sunk into the development.





