Press articles are posted periodically to provide an insight on how the news media views the business development of EADS North America, its business units and the EADS parent company.
Recent Clips
Eurocopter marks milestone in Army contract
Associated Press Newswires (The Picayune Item)
December 17, 2008
Alabama senators call for quick action on tankers
Reuters News
December 11, 2008
Shelby & Sessions: Tanker Needed Now
Jamie Burch
WKRG News 5
December 12, 2008
New helicopter arriving for N.C. National Guard
Associated Press Newswires (Winston-Salem Journal)
November 24, 2008
EADS puts Trent Lott on board of directors
George Talbot
Mobile Press-Register
October 16, 2008
Trent Lott joins board of EADS North America
Donna Borak
Associated Press Newswires (Forbes)
October 15, 2008
EADS names former Senate majority leader to U.S. board
Reuters
October 15, 2008
First copters made at Eurocopter delivered to Army
Associated Press Newswires (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
October 9, 2008
EADS delivers first US-manufactured UH-72A to US Army
Rotorhub.com
October 8, 2008
Pentagon: Tanker Bids Differed by $3 Billion
Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post
September 18, 2008
New Aircraft: Lakotas Join U.S. National Guard Fleet
Ann Roosevelt
Aviation Today
September 1, 2008
Lakota helicopter lands in Tupelo
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
June 9, 2008
National Guard Gets First Lakota Helicopters
Army News Service
June 9, 2008
Photo exhibit captures faces of war (EADS North America-sponsored American Soldier photographic tribute)
Politico
June 5, 2008
In Tanker Bid, It Was Boeing vs. Bold Ideas
David Herszenhorn and Jeff Bailey
New York Times
March 10, 2008
Outrage Is Wasted on Boeing's Snub by the Air Force
Steven Pearlstein
Washington Post
March 7, 2008
Air Force tanker can't be all American
Joelle Tessler
Business Week
March 7, 2008
Disappointment, outrage two very different things
Seattle Times
March 6, 2008
Buy the Best Tanker
The New York Times
March 7, 2008
Official: Northrop Proposal ‘Clearly’ Better
Allen P. Roberts Jr.
Los Angeles Business Journal
March 5, 2008
Tankers will be as American as Mobile
Mobile Press Register
March 5, 2008
Unions' anger over tanker bid is off base
David Hendricks
San Antonio Express-News
March 5, 2008
Tanker Deal: Why Boeing Shouldn't Protest; Despite its dismay over losing a huge Air Force contract, Boeing doesn't want to delay a plane the military needs
Keith Epstein
BusinessWeek.com
March 5, 2008
Air Force head says winning tanker is better plane
Ben Evans
Associated Press Newswires
March 5, 2008
How Northrop, EADS Upset Boeing for Tankers
August Cole, Andy Pasztor and Daniel Michaels
The Wall Street Journal
March 3, 2008
EADS can help area
Kerry Whipple Bean
Brewton Standard
March 3, 2008
Tanker Win Moves Airbus Freighter to U.S.
Aviation Daily
March 3, 2008
Boeing lost air tanker deal decisively - analyst
Andrea Shalal-Esa
Reuters
March 3, 2008
Tanker win excites Brookley neighbors
George R. Altman
Mobile Press Register
March 2, 2008
Contract winners say the best won
Scott Blake
Florida Today
March 1, 2008
Northrop lands tanker contract
Florida Today
Scott Blake
March 1, 2008
Northrop-EADS said to best Boeing for tanker
Reuters News
Jim Wolf
February 29, 2008
AFA Welcomes Tanker Decision by Air Force
AFA
February 29, 2008
Pentagon: Northrop, EADS Awarded $40 Billion Tanker Contract
AFP
February 29, 2008
Northrop, EADS Win $35B Air Force Deal
Joelle Tessler
Associated Press
February 29, 2008
Northrop and EADS Win Refueling Tanker Deal
Leslie Wayne
New York Times
February 29, 2008
Northrop Wins $40 Billion Tanker Deal
Richard Clough
Los Angeles Business Journal
February 29, 2008
Northrop Beats Boeing for $35 Billion Tanker Program
Tony Capaccio and Edmond Lococo
Bloomberg
February 29, 2008
Northrop Grumman gets $40B deal to replace Air Force tankers
CNN
February 29, 2008
Northrop Grumman to Build Tankers for Air Force
Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post
February 29, 2008