EADS Has Good Quarter

November 14, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
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

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Europeon nations developing common UAV

June 10, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
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.

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