2006

22.12.2006

Marignane - Spanish government authorizes the signature of a contract with Eurocopter for the acquisition of 45 NH90 helicopters for its Armed Forces

21.12.2006

Eurocopter signs a nine year contract with the Australian government to maintain the RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft fleet

Marignane - Eurocopter, through its Australian subsidiary, Australian Aerospace, and the Australian Government signed today a nine year contract worth $201 million for deeper maintenance of the RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft. The AP-3C fleet is based at RAAF Edinburgh and the work is carried out at RAAF Bases at Richmond and Edinburgh

21.12.2006

Toulouse - Qantas Signs Firm Order For Eight Additional A380s

20.12.2006

Seville - A400M first Horizontal Tail Plane to the Final Assembly Line

20.12.2006

Toulouse - Airlinair Orders its First New ATR 72-500  

20.12.2006

Amsterdam - EADS Board of Directors has appointed new members of Airbus Executive Committee

20.12.2006

Toulouse - Singapore Airlines Boosts Airbus Fleet With Additional A380 Orders

20.12.2006

Toulouse - SilkAir Expands Fleet With Additional A320 Aircraft

18.12.2006

Toulouse - Airbus Delivers First VIP A340-600 To SAAD Air

18.12.2006

Toulouse - Asiana Celebrates 100th Aircraft Delivery With Another Airbus A330

18.12.2006

Muscat/Friedrichshafen - Certificate of Final Acceptance signed for the expansion and modernization of EADS Joint Command and Control System in Oman

15.12.2006

Toulouse - AerCap Orders 20 A330-200s

14.12.2006

EADS and Enterprise Ireland Sign a Strategic Partnership Agreement for Aerospace Research, Technology Development and Procurement

Dublin - Target of €35m in Annual Sales by Irish Firms

13.12.2006

Eurocopter hands over the first three NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopters to the German Army

Marignane/Donauwörth - Significant Milestone in Europe’s largest Helicopter Programme

12.12.2006

Toulouse - Airbus A380 Receives Joint EASA & FAA Type Certification

12.12.2006

Madrid - EADS CASA delivers its first HC-235A to Lockheed Martin as part of the Deepwater Program

11.12.2006

Columbus/Mississippi - EADS North America Begins Delivery of UH-72A Light Utility Helicopters to the U.S. Army

11.12.2006

Toulouse - Comlux Takes Delivery Of First Airbus A318 Elite

07.12.2006

Toulouse - Lufthansa Further Expands Airbus A340-600 Long-Range Fleet

06.12.2006

Amsterdam/Ulm - EADS and its partners are chosen to supply Netherlands' integrated air defence system

05.12.2006

Ulm/Lahnstein - EADS mobile digital radio system for out-of-area operations handed over to the Bundeswehr

01.12.2006

Amsterdam - A400M programme review completed

01.12.2006

Toulouse - A350 XWB Family Receives Industrial Go-Ahead

01.12.2006

Toulouse - Pakistan International Airlines acquires an ATEC Series 6 for maintaining Boeing 777 fleet

01.12.2006

Amsterdam - EADS gives go ahead for Airbus to launch the A350 XWB

01.12.2006

Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 1 December 2006 EADS – A350 XWB launch EADS gives go ahead for Airbus to launch the A350 XWB

30.11.2006

Toulouse - A380 Wraps Up Technical Route Proving After A Final Trip Over Both Poles

29.11.2006

Toulouse - Airbus Completes A Major A400M Wing Assembly Milestone

27.11.2006

Toulouse - Galaxy Airlines Takes Delivery Of Its First Airbus A300-600F

27.11.2006

Friedrichshafen - EADS personal transport system to protect German soldiers abroad against attacks

24.11.2006

Toulouse - Airbus’ A330 Long-Range Family Reaches 600 Sales

23.11.2006

Dresden - Korean Air Takes Delivery of First A300-600 Converted Freighter Aircraft

23.11.2006

Eurocopter and PT. Dirgantara Indonesia sign Teaming Framework Agreement during Indodefence 2006

Jakarta, Indonesia, INDODEFENCE 2006 - Strong cooperation to market the World’s Number One helicopter range to governmental entities in Indonesia

22.11.2006

Toulouse - Some 22,700 New Aircraft Worth US$2.6 Trillion Required To Meet Fleet Modernisation And Growth

21.11.2006

Munich - EADS Defence & Security Systems Division Completes Major Upgrade for NATO AWACS Aircraft

21.11.2006

Official Opening of Eurocopter Malaysia’s Regional Maintenance Centre

Selangor, (Malaysia) - State-of-the-art Facility Enlarges Regional Footprint of the World’s Number One Helicopter Company

21.11.2006

Betzdorf - Astrium To Build New Astra Satellite

17.11.2006

Marignane - Eurocopter wins Frost & Sullivan’s « Market Leadership Award 2006 » as No. 1 in the European Military Helicopter Market. An Acknowledgement of Excellence in Aerospace and Defence

16.11.2006

Toulouse - TAROM Of Rumania Receives Its First New Airbus A318

16.11.2006

Toulouse - Airbus A380 Beats Expectations During Heavy Crosswind Tests In Iceland

16.11.2006

Munich - EADS and Eurofighter Consortium welcome Danish statement on fighter decision

16.11.2006

Toulouse - TAM Signs Contract For The Acquisition Of 37 Additional Airbus Aircraft

15.11.2006

Toulouse - Kingfisher Airlines Takes Delivery Of First Indian Based A321s

14.11.2006

Toulouse - easyJet Boosts Order For Airbus A319s By 52 Aircraft

14.11.2006

Toulouse - Airbus A318 With CFM International Engines Approved For 180 Min ETOPS

13.11.2006

Toulouse - ALAFCO Places Another Big Order With Airbus

13.11.2006

Toulouse - Pakistan’s Airblue Expands Fleet With Airbus A320

13.11.2006

Toulouse - Egypt’s Air Cairo Receives Its First Aircraft – An Airbus A320

13.11.2006

Palaiseau - L’Ecole Polytechnique, le CNRS et EADS CCR s’engagent dans un partenariat scientifique dans les domaines de l’aéronautique, de l’espace et de la défense

09.11.2006

Marignane - U.S. Army Places Second Production Order For Eurocopter UH-145 Light Utility Helicopters

08.11.2006

Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 8 November 2006 EADS – 9m 2006 results EADS 9-months results reflect record deliveries and challenges ahead

08.11.2006

Amsterdam - EADS 9-months results reflect record deliveries and challenges ahead

06.11.2006

Toulouse - Skybus Becomes Largest Customer For Air+ By Airbus Support Package

31.10.2006

Amsterdam - EADS Board of Directors decides new appointments for Airbus and Eurocopter and increases transparency

31.10.2006

Toulouse - Shanghai Airlines Becomes New Airbus Customer By Ordering Five A321s

31.10.2006

Toulouse - Fabrice Brégier Appointed Airbus Chief Operating

31.10.2006

Astrium-built BADR-4 satellite ready for launch

Paris - Launch preparation is well underway in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, for the launch of BADR-4, a Eurostar E2000+ satellite built by Astrium for the Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT). The Proton Breeze M vehicle of International Launch Services (ILS) is scheduled for lift off on 8 November at 20:01 GMT (2:01 a.m. on 9 November Baikonur time).

31.10.2006

Toulouse - A380 Begins Technical Route Proving in Final Phase of Certification Process

26.10.2006

Toulouse - Airbus Signed Agreement With CASGC For Largest Single Transaction Ever - 170 Aircraft

26.10.2006

Toulouse - Airbus Signs Framework Agreement With Chinese Consortium On A320 Final Assembly Line In China

26.10.2006

Toulouse - New U.S. Low-Fare Airline Skybus Orders 65 Airbus A319s

26.10.2006

Madrid - Poland purchases another two (2) EADS CASA C-295 military transport aircraft

24.10.2006

Toulouse - Air One Takes Delivery of its First New Airbus A320

23.10.2006

Madrid - EADS CASA delivers the first C-295 aircraft to Brazil.

19.10.2006

Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Astrium-built MetOp satellite successfully launched

19.10.2006

EUTELSAT awards contract to deliver HOT BIRD™ 10 broadcast satellite to Astrium

Paris - Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced that Astrium will build the HOT BIRD™ 10 broadcast satellite which will be launched in first quarter 2009 and positioned at the Group’s 13 degrees East location. Following HOT BIRD™ 8 and 9, it is the third high-power broadcast satellite based on Astrium’s Eurostar E3000 platform that will be located at Eutelsat’s premium video neighbourhood for cable and satellite broadcasting.

19.10.2006

Toulouse - Indian Airlines Celebrates Delivery Of The First A319

18.10.2006

Toulouse - Petters Group Worldwide Is 1st US Customer For Airbus A318 Elite

18.10.2006

Toulouse - Boutsen Aviation Announces Order For Two Airbus ACJs

17.10.2006

Toulouse - Tiger Airways orders eight more A320 aircraft

17.10.2006

Toulouse - German carrier Blue Wings orders Airbus A320 Family aircraft

17.10.2006

Toulouse - JETALLIANCE commits to more Airbus A318 Elites

16.10.2006

Munich - EADS and SITA plan to team-up to offer solutions for optimised turn around procedures at airports

13.10.2006

Newport, Wales - EADS’ Revolutionary New Encryption Technology

13.10.2006

Toulouse - Lufthansa Places Repeat Order For Airbus A320 Family And A330-300 Aircraft

13.10.2006

EADS is 100 percent owner of Airbus

Amsterdam - EADS today acquired the remaining 20 percent stake from BAE Systems

11.10.2006

First MetOp launch scheduled for 17th of October

Baikonur - First European weather satellite to operate from low Earth orbit

10.10.2006

Toulouse - Louis Gallois Appointed New Airbus President And Chief Executive Officer

10.10.2006

Dresden - EADS/EFW, Airbus and Irkut Prepare the Foundation of a Joint Venture for Freighter Conversion

10.10.2006

Toulouse - ATR Signs a New Contract with TACV

09.10.2006

Amsterdam - EADS Board of Directors changes significantly the management structure of EADS

05.10.2006

Newport, Wales - Progress On £35m Campus Expansion Viewed

03.10.2006

Airbus Confirms Further A380 Delay

Toulouse - Launches Company Restructuring Plan

03.10.2006

Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 3 October 2006 EADS and Airbus finalise A380 review

03.10.2006

Amsterdam - EADS and Airbus finalise A380 review

02.10.2006

Marignane - Eurocopter is pleased that Air Methods signs Open-ended MOU for 10 A-Stars

29.09.2006

San Antonio, Texas - EADS North America Defense Test and Services Launches New N-GEN™ Test System

29.09.2006

Amsterdam - EADS Board of Directors continues A380 discussion

28.09.2006

Munich / Manching - Danish Defence Minister and Defence Committee embark on Eurofighter fact-finding mission in Germany

28.09.2006

Toulouse - Airbus A380 Wake Vortex Study Completed

28.09.2006

Barcelona - ATR Announces a Contract for 4 New ATR 72-500 Aircraft

28.09.2006

Tallinn - EADS to build the Estonian nationwide TETRA radio network for public safety

27.09.2006

Fifth Australian TBM 700 delivered

Gold Coast Airport, Australia - TBM turboprop to help optimize travel for Australian building company

26.09.2006

Amsterdam - EADS: Boris L. Zaïtra appointed Head of Mergers & Acquisitions

25.09.2006

Toulouse - Lufthansa Technik Is Airbus’ 25 ^th Customised Spares Logistics (CSL) Customer

21.09.2006

Toulouse - Airbus A400M Wing Centre Opened By UK Defence Procurement Minister

21.09.2006

Amsterdam - Christof Ehrhart takes lead of EADS Corporate Communications

21.09.2006

Toulouse - Airbus Partners South Africa On Research & Technology Programmes

21.09.2006

Amsterdam - News Release

18.09.2006

Madrid - EADS obtains contract for the design and development of Spanish Future Soldier (COMFUT)

15.09.2006

Paris - Vélizy - Sagem Défense Sécurité plans to acquire Naval and Ground Activities of EADS Defence & Security Systems in France

14.09.2006

London - Third Firing Success for Meteor Air Dominance Missile

14.09.2006

Munich - EADS to build TETRA digital radio network for Stadtwerke München

13.09.2006

Marignane - 400th EC120 delivered to Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department

13.09.2006

Toulouse - New Chinese Private Airline, Juneyao Airlines Receives Its First A319

12.09.2006

Air Methods Signs Open-Ended MOU for 10 A-Stars Annually

Marignane - Denver, CO: Air Methods Corporation, the largest air medical transportation provider in the United States, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with American Eurocopter to purchase ten AS350 B2/B3 "AStar" helicopters annually, on an indefinite basis. The AStars will join Air Methods’ current fleet of approximately 200 rotary and fixed-wing aircraft, which includes Eurocopter, Bell, MD and Sikorsky helicopters.

11.09.2006

Paris - Successful first flight of the SIDM UAV system in France

08.09.2006

Toulouse - A380 Early Long Flight Series Near Completion

08.09.2006

German Army Air Corps School in Bückeburg clocks up 30,000 Flight Hours with EC135 Training Helicopters

Marignane/Bückeburg - Eurocopter’s first full System Support Contract for the German Army, a resounding Success

08.09.2006

Toulouse - Air Deccan takes delivery of the 700th ATR    

08.09.2006

Stevenage - Paradigm signs multi-year contract to provide MilSatCom services to the Netherlands Ministry of Defence

04.09.2006

Toulouse - The Airbus A380 Takes Off From Toulouse On First Passenger Flight

04.09.2006

Toulouse - Appointment of New Heads for A380 And A320 Programmes

04.09.2006

Helsinki - EADS introduces TMR880i mobile radio for professional users

04.09.2006

The INAER group continues the renewal of its fleet with nine new Eurocopter helicopters

Marignane - First order of an EC145 in Spain

01.09.2006

Bangalore - EADS, HAL set to explore new horizons

31.08.2006

Paris - Mise au point concernant la rémunération de Louis Gallois, Président exécutif d’EADS

31.08.2006

Toulouse - US Airways Orders More A321s

30.08.2006

Eurocopter delivers the 500th Aircraft of best-selling EC135 Helicopter

Marignane/Donauwörth - Austrian ÖAMTC takes over its 25th Aircraft

30.08.2006

Miami, Florida - EADS Barfield initiates work covered by a support contract with Global Airtech

30.08.2006

Paris - EADS awards Grob Aerospace and Sogitec Industries contracts to supply training devices for the French Air Force Training School

29.08.2006

New Delhi - EADS to increase industrial footprint in India

29.08.2006

Friedrichshafen - EADS delivers prototype of NH90 mission planning system to Finland

29.08.2006

Toulouse - Cathay Pacific Celebrates 100 ^th Aircraft Delivery When Taking Another Airbus A330

28.08.2006

Eurocopter delivers 1 ^st Cougar helicopter to Bulgaria

Marignane - In a ceremony at the 24th Air Force Base in Krumovo, Bulgaria, in the presence of several Bulgarian and French officials, Eurocopter handed over the first Cougar helicopter to base commander General Stefan Petrov. This initial delivery follows the signature in January 2005 of a contract with the Bulgarian armed forces for the acquisition of 12 Cougar AS 532 AL and 6 Panther AS 565 MB helicopters for a total of 360 million euros.

28.08.2006

Munich/Ulm - EADS receives contract to construct the BOS digital radio network in Germany

25.08.2006

Toulouse - Success as A380 Powered by Engine Alliance Completes First Flight

25.08.2006

Toulouse - Engine Alliance Powered A380 Takes Off On First Flight

21.08.2006

Ulm - Deployable EADS combat operations centre for air defence enters into service with the German Air Force

15.08.2006

Friedrichshafen - EADS is given its first export order for personal protective containers

14.08.2006

Arlington, Virginia - EADS' DT-35 subsonic aerial target family performs successful flight demonstrations for the U.S. Army

10.08.2006

Warszawa - PZL-104MA Wilga Marks its Presence in American Market

10.08.2006

Ulm - EADS Technology Protects German Armed Forces’ Puma Armoured Vehicles

08.08.2006

Grand Prairie, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection to receive five additional American Eurocopter EC120s for homeland security missions

07.08.2006

Toulouse - ATR signs a new contract with Precision Air Services

03.08.2006

Essen, Munich - Joint acquisition of Atlas successfully completed

02.08.2006

Amsterdam - EADS: Detlef Müller-Wiesner and Yann Barbaux take new roles within the Group's CTO organisation

28.07.2006

Toulouse - IndiGo Celebrates Delivery of First Airbus A320

27.07.2006

Ulm - EADS delivers digital Professional Mobile Radio for federal highways in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg

27.07.2006

Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 27 July 2006 EADS – H1 2006 results EADS delivers solid half-year performance in growing markets

27.07.2006

Amsterdam - EADS delivers solid half-year performance in growing markets

27.07.2006

TBM 850 program exceeds expectations

EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh, WI - Order backlog for the World’s fastest single-engined turboprop at record levels

26.07.2006

Toulouse - Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company Limited (Gameco) of China Joins Airbus MRO Network

22.07.2006

Farnborough - EADS Wins MoD MASC Contract for Study

21.07.2006

Airbus Announced 182 New Orders And Commitments At Farnborough Airshow

Farnborough - First for new A350 XWB and incremental order for A380

21.07.2006

Farnborough - German Carrier Blue Wings Expands With Airbus A320 Family Aircraft

21.07.2006

Farnborough - Singapore Airlines Looks to the Future With Orders for A380 And A350 XWB

20.07.2006

Farnborough - Leasing Company CIT Orders More Airbus Long-Range And Single-Aisle Aircraft

20.07.2006

Farnborough - Wizz Air Orders 20 Additional A320s

19.07.2006

Farnborough - Aegean Airlines Reconfirms Its Confidence in Airbus With Three More Airbus A320s

19.07.2006

Farnborough - Airbus A380 Fatigue Test Reaches 15,000 Flight Cycles

19.07.2006

Farnborough - AirAsia Orders Forty More A320 Family Aircraft

19.07.2006

Farnborough - Airbus ACJ Wins New Sale, Takes Orders for Year to 14

19.07.2006

Farnborough - Grupo Marsans Expands Its Airbus Long Haul Fleet With Purchase Of Up To 22 A330s

19.07.2006

Farnborough - 3 Additional ATR Aircraft for Finncomm Airlines

19.07.2006

Ulm - EADS supplies the German Armed Forces with a new type of ground surveillance radar

19.07.2006

Farnborough - Seven Major European Aerospace Manufacturers Sign LOI an a “Clean Sky” Joint Technology Initiative

19.07.2006

London - EADS and INDRA join forces in Identification Systems

19.07.2006

Farnborough - ILFC Order For A320s Takes Its Total Airbus Orders Beyond 600 Aircraft

18.07.2006

Farnborough - EADS and Libya start joint aeronautical maintenance and training activities for Africa

18.07.2006

Toulouse - Japan’s Rimcof And Airbus Agree To Conduct A Cooperative Study For Structural Health Monitoring Technology Development

18.07.2006

Toulouse - Afriqiyah Airways Orders Up To Six A330s And 14 Airbus A320 Family Aircraft

18.07.2006

London - EADS technology protects Georgian VIP helicopters

18.07.2006

The EC225/EC725, latest Member of the Super Puma/Cougar Family, offers Cost-Effective Medium Lift Capability

Farnborough - Eurocopter is displaying an EC725 in the Static Display (No. OE17) at this year’s Farnborough Air Show. Like no other helicopter in its class, the EC725 and its civil variant, the EC225, fuses military capabilities with commercial standards. The EC725 has entered service with the French Army and Air Force, while the EC225 has captured renowned customers in offshore oil and gas operations both in Europe and the United States, in governmental VIP flying services in Japan and Algeria, and in SAR as well as offshore operations in China.

18.07.2006

Farnborough - Air Caraïbes Signs for an Additional A330-300

17.07.2006

Farnborough - Eurocopter and COHC sign a Contract for the Supply of long range EC225 Helicopters

17.07.2006

Farnborough - The U.S. Navy orders additional aircraft carrier-based JETI Systems from EADS

17.07.2006

London - EADS and India join forces to develop a missile warning system

17.07.2006

Farnborough - EADS North America is the test system supplier of choice for the new VH-71A U.S. Presidential Helicopter

17.07.2006

Toulouse - Airbus Presents A350 XWB: New Extra Wide Body Family for the 21st Century

17.07.2006

Toulouse - GoAir Expands Airbus Fleet With 10 More A320’s

13.07.2006

Amsterdam - Sogerma: A lasting industrial solution for the Mérignac site

07.07.2006

Toulouse - Farnborough air display for world’s most advanced passenger aircraft

07.07.2006

Toulouse - Christian Streiff confirmed as Airbus President and Chief Executive

05.07.2006

German Armed Forces will receive secure communications network with two dedicated satellites

Koblenz - MilSat Services GmbH, a company set up by EADS SPACE Services and ND SatCom, will provide the German Bundeswehr's satellite communications system SatcomBW Step 2. The Federal Office for Information Management and Information Technology of the Bundeswehr (IT-AmtBw) and MilSat Services signed a contract in Koblenz, Germany on Wednesday. The contract will be valid after the German budget 2006 will have been enacted.

05.07.2006

Toulouse - Tunisair Orders A319 Extended-Range For Its Medium Range Operation

04.07.2006

Paris - EADS Test & Services acquires Get Electronique, a French company specialising in services in industrial electronics

03.07.2006

Amsterdam - Tom Enders and Louis Gallois to jointly lead EADS

02.07.2006

Amsterdam - EADS confirms price determination for BAE Systems' stake in Airbus

02.07.2006

Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 2 July 2006 EADS Board of Directors appointed Louis Gallois to join Tom Enders as CEO

02.07.2006

Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 2 July 2006 EADS confirms price determination for BAE Systems' stake in Airbus

02.07.2006

Toulouse - Airbus President And CEO Gustav Humbert Resigns

02.07.2006

Amsterdam - EADS Board of Directors appointed Louis Gallois to join Tom Enders as CEO

30.06.2006

U.S. Army selects Eurocopter UH-145 for its Light Utility Helicopter Requirement

Marignane - Eurocopter’s first-ever Entry into American Military Market

30.06.2006

Paris - Sogerma: A few additional days of negotiations

30.06.2006

Amsterdam - EADS marks break-through on US defence market

30.06.2006

Amsterdam - EADS further strengthens defence business with Australia

30.06.2006

EADS North America selected to provide U.S. Army's Light Utility Helicopter

Arlington, Virginia - UH-145 to be produced in Columbus, Mississippi

29.06.2006

Amsterdam - EADS files a legal complaint further to use of internal and confidential draft documents and their publication in the press

29.06.2006

Official contract signature between Eurocopter and the Australian government confirming the order of 34 MRH-90s

Marignane - Eurocopter’s subsidiary, Australian Aerospace, and the Australian Defence Material Organisation (DMO) today signed the contract to provide 34 additional MRH-90 medium-lift helicopters to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the associated support for a period of ten years. The signing ceremony, which took place in Canberra, follows the announcement last week by Prime Minister John Howard and Defence Minister Brendan Nelson that the ADF was ordering the extra MRH-90s, the most advanced helicopter of its size in the world.

27.06.2006

Amsterdam - EADS continues to co-operate with AMF

27.06.2006

Toulouse - A380 Sets World Record For Number Of Emergency Slides Deployed

26.06.2006

Eurocopter and “Gazpromavia” have signed Maintenance Center Agreement to provide Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO services for Eurocopter Helicopters in Russia

Marignane - Eurocopter is the first Western aircraft manufacturer to implement a full scale Maintenance Center to provide Maintenance Repair and Overhaul services for Eurocopter helicopters in Russia. The Center is based on the premises of Ostafievo airport located near Moscow.

23.06.2006

Essen/Munich - ThyssenKrupp Technologies and EADS have reached an agreement on the industrial structure for Atlas Elektronik

21.06.2006

Toulouse - ATR signs a contract with TransAsia Airways

19.06.2006

New major order for Eurocopter in Australia: the Federal Government will add 34 MRH-90s

Marignane - Eurocopter is once again selected by the Australian government to fulfill the Army helicopter needs. This decision comes less than two years after the Federal Government ordered the first 12 MRH-90s as additional troop lift helicopters. Already in December 2001, Eurocopter was selected to provide 22 Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters (ARH) to the Australian Army.

19.06.2006

Amsterdam - EADS and Airbus to co-operate with AMF

19.06.2006

Ulm - EADS successfully passes lab and field testing for the BOS digital radio network in Germany

16.06.2006

Paris - Clarifications about sale of EADS shares and the exercise of options by Executive Committee members

13.06.2006

Amsterdam - Revised A380 delivery schedule expected not to impact EADS’ 2006 outlook

13.06.2006

Toulouse - Airbus maintains target date for A380 certification and first delivery by year end, but announces shift in the production programme

13.06.2006

Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 13 June 2006 EADS – Revised Airbus A380 delivery schedule Revised A380 delivery schedule expected not to impact EADS’ EBIT* 2006 outlook

08.06.2006

Toulouse - Airbus Chinese A320 final assembly line to be located in Tianjin

08.06.2006

Arlington, Virginia - EADS North America strengthens its Information Technology Services capabilities with the acquisition of Dynamic Process Solutions Inc.

07.06.2006

Amsterdam - EADS received Put Notice regarding BAE Systems' stake in Airbus

07.06.2006

Raytheon and EADS CASA North America's Team JCA submit proposals for Army's Joint Cargo Aircraft requirement

El Segundo, California - Team JCA's offerings deliver the most urgent, time-sensitive cargo for the last tactical mile

06.06.2006

EADS Astrium awarded third satellite contract by ARABSAT

Riad - EADS Astrium and ARABSAT, the communications satellite operator based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, have signed a contract for the construction of the BADR-6 (‘Full Moon’) satellite. Scheduled to enter service in 2008, BADR-6 will provide communications services over a wide area encompassing the entire Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, from Morocco to the Gulf, and a large part of sub-Saharan Africa. It is the fifth communications satellite contract awarded to EADS Astrium since the beginning of 2006.

06.06.2006

Team JCA's C-295/CN-235 transport aircraft fleet completes 1 million flights

El Segundo, California - Combat-proven transports are used around the world for intratheater lift and humanitarian flights

05.06.2006

Marignane - Launch of the development contract for the KHP Helicopter with Eurocopter

02.06.2006

Madrid - EADS CASA receives the first A330 for conversion into Multi Role Tanker Transport for the Royal Australian Air Force

25.05.2006

Munich - SOSTAR-X released to service, test campaign started

25.05.2006

EC 225, latest evolution of the Super Puma family, is ordered for the first time in China by the Ministry of Communications to Fulfil Search and Rescue Missions

Beijing - The Chinese Ministry of Communications (MOC) and Eurocopter have signed a contract for the acquisition of two 10/11 ton class EC 225. These aircrafts, the most up-to-date helicopters in their category, will be operated by the Rescue and Salvage Bureau to ensure Search and Rescue missions.

24.05.2006

EADS Astrium develops its links with the Brazilian space industry

Brazilia - EADS Astrium has purchased a 42% stake in the Brazilian company Equatorial Sistemas. This partnership will strengthen the presence of EADS Astrium in Brazil by enabling it to become a privileged partner in Brazilian space programmes in particular those from the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) and its industrial part the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE).

23.05.2006

Toulouse - EADS Board of Directors suggests working group on Sogerma

18.05.2006

EADS Astrium Strengthens Infoterra Group

London - EADS Astrium, Europe’s leading satellite system specialist, has emphasized an ambition to expand activities in Earth observation services by significantly strengthening its Infoterra group. The formation of Infoterra France, which integrates ISTAR and some teams from EADS Astrium, as an addition to existing Infoterra companies in the United Kingdom and Germany, gathers complementary assets and competences to enhance the group’s operational capabilities.

18.05.2006

Munich - EADS enhances joint C4I system OFEQ2000 in the Sultanate of Oman

17.05.2006

Berlin - EADS and Northrop Grumman welcome the U.S./German Memoranda of Understanding paving the way for Euro Hawk® risk reduction contract

17.05.2006

TanDEM-X : DLR and EADS Astrium release new Satellite Mission

Berlin/Friedrichshafen - The German Space Agency DLR on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and Europe´s leading satellite manufacturer EADS Astrium today announced at the ILA-Airshow in Berlin its intention to build a new satellite mission called TanDEM-X. Following the official kick-off, development and manufacturing of the new German radar-satellite will now start at EADS Astrium´s Friedrichshafen plant. TanDEM-X is scheduled for launch in 2009. Together with the almost identical radar satellite TerraSAR-X which is to be launched in autumn this year, it will form a high-precision radar interferometer.

17.05.2006

Toulouse - ATR signs a contract with Ecuatorial Guinea

17.05.2006

Toulouse - JETALLIANCE becomes new customer for Airbus A318 Elite

16.05.2006

Amsterdam - EADS’ first quarter results confirm solid growth prospects

16.05.2006

Toulouse - Airbus and EADS/EFW sign freighter conversion agreement with MIG and Irkut

16.05.2006

Berlin - TIPS Announces AGS Industries GmbH Officers

15.05.2006

Toulouse - First US Customer Takes Delivery Of Airbus ACJ

15.05.2006

Dublin - Aer Arann signs a new contract with ATR

15.05.2006

Berlin - TIPS Industries Establish AGS Industries GmbH Joint Venture

15.05.2006

Madrid - Finland, fourth European country and seventh in the world that orders EADS CASA’s C-295 aircraft

12.05.2006

Manching / Munich - Dornier Flugzeugwerft GmbH receives support contract for P-3C Orion

12.05.2006

Madrid / Munich - Spanish Eurofighter performs first air-to-surface weapon release

12.05.2006

Amsterdam - EADS Board of Directors asks EADS Sogerma Services to secure its recovery

11.05.2006

EADS Astrium awarded €317 million Gaia spacecraft contract by ESA to map one billion stars

Paris - EADS Astrium has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop and build the satellite for the Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics (Gaia) mission. Gaia will create an extraordinarily precise 3-D map of the Galaxy, mapping and recording more than one billion stars over a five year period. The satellite, worth €317 million, is due to be launched in 2011.

11.05.2006

Munich - UAV demonstrator opens up new technology perspectives for EADS

10.05.2006

Paris - EADS accepts Jean-Louis Gergorin's request to be relieved of duties

10.05.2006

Marignane - Eurocopter Proudly Announces the Operational Debut of the Combat SAR EC725 Helicopters with the French Armed Forces

09.05.2006

Toulouse - Airbus A320 Family Approved For 180 Minute ETOPS By The FAA

09.05.2006

Paris - EADS acquires SOFRELOG, one of the market leaders in the area of sea traffic surveillance systems.

04.05.2006

EUTELSAT selects EADS Astrium to deliver HOT BIRD™ 9 broadcast satellite

Paris - Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced the selection of EADS Astrium to build the HOT BIRD™ 9 broadcast satellite which will be launched in 2008 and positioned at the Group’s premium video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East.

04.05.2006

Madrid - Finland too selects the EADS CASA C-295 aircraft

03.05.2006

Eurocopter addresses Business Market at EBACE

Geneva - Eurocopter is displaying two of its top-class business helicopters – and EC135 and an EC155 B1 – at this year’s EBACE to address the fast-growing corporate, VIP and private helicopter market.

03.05.2006

Toulouse - JETALLIANCE Becomes First Austrian Customer For Airbus ACJ

03.05.2006

Maverick Helicopters of Las Vegas orders nine EC130 B4 for Tourist and Charter Flights

Geneva, EBACE 2006 - Maverick Helicopters, which specializes in helicopter tours of the Las Vegas Strip and Grand Canyon, plus corporate and charter wedding flights, has announced that it is purchasing nine new EC130 B4s in addition to its existing fleet of 12 EC130 B4s and six AS350 B2s. Once the nine new EC130s have gone into service, Maverick will be the largest operator of this type in the world. The Las Vegas operator refers to the EC130 B4 as “Eco Star” due to its ecological compatibility and low noise emission. A fast-growing aerial tour operator, Maverick focuses on providing its clients with the safest, most comfortable, and VIP-style service possible.

02.05.2006

Frontier Places Its First A320 Order

Toulouse - Ten A320s To Join The All-Airbus Carrier

02.05.2006

Amsterdam - BAE Systems' 20 percent stake in Airbus: Further step in sale process triggered by BAE Systems

26.04.2006

Amsterdam - Jean J. Botti appointed as CTO of EADS

26.04.2006

Boulogne-Billancourt / Munich / Tarbes - EADS to provide fleet management and support for French military pilot training

26.04.2006

Arlington, Virginia - EADS achieves key milestones in Advanced Military Tanker aircraft development

25.04.2006

Switzerland orders 20 EC635/EC135 for its Armed Forces

Marignane - The Swiss procurement agency, armasuisse, and Eurocopter signed a contract for 20 helicopters on April 25th in Berne, Switzerland. Under the Swiss Light Transport and Training Helicopter (LTSH) program, 18 EC635 for utility and advanced training missions and two EC135 for VIP/parliamentarian transport missions have been ordered. The contract was signed by Dr. Alfred Markwalder, Chief of Armament and Peter Lyoth, Director Federal Office for Weapon Systems for the Swiss government and by Philippe Harache, Executive Vice President Customers Directorate of Eurocopter and Dr. Lutz Bertling, Executive Vice President Governmental Helicopters of Eurocopter and CEO of Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH.

24.04.2006

Toulouse - Kingfisher Grows Its Airbus Fleet With Purchase Of Five A340-500

20.04.2006

Paris - EADS to deliver world’s largest railway radio network to Brazil

14.04.2006

Toulouse - Newly certified A340-600 brings 18% higher productivity

13.04.2006

Marignane - Korean Government Gives Final « Go Ahead » for Korean Helicopter Program (KHP)

12.04.2006

Marignane - Eurocopter to deliver 12 BO 105 helicopters to the Albanian Defense Ministry

07.04.2006

Creation of Eurocopter Vostok

Marignane - Pursuing its customer satisfaction policy, Eurocopter has set up a subsidiary in Russia

07.04.2006

Amsterdam - EADS confirms it is entering into the very early stages of a discussion on the potential disposal of BAE Systems' 20 percent share in Airbus

04.04.2006

Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 4 April 2006 EADS – Shareholders EADS shareholders DaimlerChrysler and Lagardère SCA to reduce their respective stakes by 7.5 percent each in coordinated steps

04.04.2006

Amsterdam - EADS shareholders DaimlerChrysler and Lagardère SCA to reduce their respective stakes by 7.5 percent each in coordinated steps

03.04.2006

Madrid - Successful first flights of the new EADS Air Refuelling Boom System (ARBS)

03.04.2006

German Army NH90 TTH Achieves NAHEMA Qualification

Marignane - Eurocopter is pleased to announce the Qualification of the German Army NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopter - TGEA Variant. The award ceremony took place at NHindustries on Friday 31st March 2006 at the end of a ‘Review Executive Meeting’ where NAHEMA, a NATO Agency, officially granted the first Qualification to a NH90 TTH Variant.

30.03.2006

Eurocopter Chile sells an EC130B4 helicopter to Aero Service during FIDAE 2006

Marignane - During FIDAE 2006, on Thursday 30 March, Bernhard Brenner, the Managing Director of Eurocopter Chile S.A. signed a sales contract with Aero Service, represented by the businessman Max Marambio, for an EC130 B4, the fourth helicopter of this type in Chile.

30.03.2006

Toulouse - Finnair orders A350s and A340s for future long-haul fleet

29.03.2006

Toulouse - Authorities Approve A380 Successful Evacuation Trial

26.03.2006

Toulouse - A380 Successfully Completes Evacuation Test

23.03.2006

Friedrichshafen - EADS to deliver mission computer for Tiger combat helicopter

23.03.2006

Toulouse - Airbus continues to strengthen its partnership with Poland

21.03.2006

Ulm - EADS to supply data-link for German Army reconnaissance drone 'KZO'

17.03.2006

Marignane - Eurocopter confirms its Leadership in the Law Enforcement Market – Spanish Ministry of Interior selects the EC135 for its Police Forces

14.03.2006

Toulouse - Aer Lingus Expands Its Airbus Long Haul Fleet With Purchase Of Two A330s

13.03.2006

Munich - EADS has completed the delivery of the Coastal Surveillance Radar System to Estonia

10.03.2006

Ulm - EADS bid for BOS digital radio network in Germany stands in first place after first evaluation phase

10.03.2006

Ulm/Berlin/Munich - EADS chosen for the command & control and weapons deployment system for the F125 frigate

10.03.2006

Toulouse - Airbus A380 Reaches Milestone Of 1000 Flight Hours

09.03.2006

Toulouse - Czech Republic Orders Two Airbus ACJs

09.03.2006

Moon-based radiotelescope planned

Leiden - EADS SPACE Transportation and the Netherlands Foundation for Astronomy ASTRON/LOFAR signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday in Leiden, Netherlands. The companies want to test the feasibility of a long wave radio telescope on the moon. A Dutch and German preliminary study should be the first phase. The program is then likely to be expanded in a second phase to include other European participants through ESA. EADS SPACE and ASTRON are therefore contributing to a European moon program.

08.03.2006

Amsterdam - Ad-hoc release, 8 March 2006 EADS – FY results 2005 EADS: Outstanding 2005 results – higher profitability expected in 2006

08.03.2006

Sharm-El-Sheikh - A New ATR Customer in Egypt

08.03.2006

Amsterdam - EADS: Outstanding 2005 results – higher profitability expected in 2006

07.03.2006

Toulouse - A300/A310 Final Assembly To Be Completed By July 2007

06.03.2006

Toulouse - Yemenia-Yemen Airways To Order Up To 10 A350

01.03.2006

Munich - Integration of LFK into MBDA successfully completed

27.02.2006

Amsterdam - EADS establishes EADS Competence Centre of Qatar in Qatar Science & Technology Park

26.02.2006

Columbus, Mississippi - EADS North America receives key U.S. government helicopter order to support homeland security missions

24.02.2006

Toulouse - Airbus begins UK production of its first A400M wing component

23.02.2006

Toulouse - Adam Air Of Indonesia Selects 30 Airbus A320s For Fleet Modernisation

23.02.2006

GoAir Selects Airbus A320 Family Aircraft

Toulouse - A320 Family Continues to be the Market Leader with Low- Cost Airlines

23.02.2006

Toulouse - Airbus Signs Industrial Agreements With KAI For A350 And A321

22.02.2006

Marignane - Eurocopter and Indian operator Global Vectra sign contract for three EC155 helicopters

21.02.2006

Singapore - EADS Opens First Research and Technology Centre Outside of Europe in Singapore

21.02.2006

Paris - EADS Secure Networks modernises the “RUBIS” network of the French Gendarmerie (Military Police)

20.02.2006

Eurocopter South East Asia announces the creation of “Eurocopter Training Services Asia” in Singapore

Singapore - Eurocopter Training Services Asia – Expected completion by end 2006 to train several hundreds of helicopter pilots a year – EC 120 selected as "best-of-breed" training device

20.02.2006

Marignane - London Metropolitan Police Authority orders three EC 145

20.02.2006

EADS Astrium-ISRO alliance sealed. First contract with Eutelsat for W2M satellite

New Delhi - In the presence of the President of France and the Prime Minister of India, EADS Astrium and ANTRIX, the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), have signed a contract to provide a communication satellite for the international market.

20.02.2006

Toulouse - Indian Signs Contract For 43 Airbus A320 Family Aircraft

19.02.2006

Toulouse - 15 Additional ATR Aircraft for Kingfisher Airlines

17.02.2006

Toulouse - Shenzhen Airlines Receives Its First Two A319s

16.02.2006

Shanghai/Dresden - China Eastern Airlines signs contract with EADS EFW for conversion of three A300-600 aircraft

14.02.2006

Toulouse - Airbus sets up new Middle East operations company

13.02.2006

Toulouse - Hamburg International New Customer For Airbus A319

10.02.2006

Newport, South Wales - EADS unveils NetCOS advanced simulation and modelling facility in UK

09.02.2006

Munich - EADS Defence & Security Systems Division optimises its structure

01.02.2006

EADS Socata selected for the maintenance of the French Military TBM fleet

Tarbes - The contract with a value of up to 56 million euros over 8 years has been awarded for the follow-on support of the TBM 700 aircraft operated by the French military.

27.01.2006

Toulouse - ANA to Add Five More A320s Configured for International Routes

25.01.2006

Toulouse - China Eastern Airlines Receives its First A330-300 Aircraft

25.01.2006

Toulouse - Air Europa Orders 10 A350s with two more on Option

23.01.2006

Paris - 2005: Outstanding Year for ATR

19.01.2006

Toulouse - BMED Takes Delivery of First Ordered Airbus A321

19.01.2006

Amsterdam - EADS SPACE to play central role in the Galileo satellite navigation test phase

18.01.2006

Arlington, VA - The UH-145 Light Utility Helicopter’s EC145 Version Builds on its Growing Sales Success in the U.S. Market

18.01.2006

Business Year 2005 Brings Considerably Expanded Order Book for Eurocopter

Marignane - Successful Growth in Strategic Global Markets

17.01.2006

Toulouse - 2005: Airbus Continues to Lead

17.01.2006

Ottawa/Toulouse - EADS Astrium awarded Nimiq 4 satellite by Telesat

16.01.2006

Amsterdam - Daniel Baubil leads EADS Global Industrial Development

12.01.2006

Toulouse - Volaris Orders up to 56 Airbus A320 Family Aircraft

12.01.2006

Toulouse - Air One Orders 30 A320s And Places Options for Further 60 Aircraft

11.01.2006

Royal Jordanian Air Force places Order for an additional four EC635s

Marignane - The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) has placed a firm order for four additional EC635 light twin-engined helicopters. This new order will further increase the existing fleet of EC635 already in operational service with the RJAF. Two of these helicopters will be delivered at the end of 2006, the other two early 2007. Further fleet increases are considered possible.

09.01.2006

Helsinki - EADS signs three major contracts for delivery of TETRA terminals

03.01.2006

Toulouse - Air Deccan Orders 30 More Airbus A320s

03.01.2006

Toulouse - Eurofly Orders New Airbus A350