EADS North America
As a leading supplier and industrial partner in defense and homeland security, commercial aviation, helicopters, telecommunications and services, EADS North America – together with its parent company, EADS – contribute more than $11 billion to the U.S. economy annually, supporting 200,000 American jobs.
EADS is proud to be a valued corporate citizen of the United States. Its EADS North America operations have business units, operating companies and divisions located in 12 states and 24 locations, offering a broad array of advanced solutions to its customers in the commercial, homeland security, aerospace and defense markets.
The EADS North America business operations are: American Eurocopter Corporation; Airbus Military North America, an EADS North America company; EADS Supply & Services; EADS North America Test and Services; Fairchild Controls Corporation and Cassidian Communications, an EADS North America company.
Since its creation in 2003, EADS North America has been selected in key competitions for military aircraft and systems.
EADS North America’s presence in the U.S. defense and homeland security sectors is growing as well. EADS has supplied more than 90 Eurocopter HH-65 helicopters to the Coast Guard for its vital homeland security missions, and EADS North America’s American Eurocopter business supported the performance upgrades for this entire fleet to the HH-65C configuration. EADS North America is prime contractor for the supply of up to 36 HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft for Coast Guard maritime patrol and support missions, and EADS is supplying shipboard multimode acquisition radars for the Coast Guard's National Security Cutter.
EADS North America also is a major contractor to the U.S. Army, having been chosen to supply the service’s UH-72A Light Utility Helicopter (LUH). Under terms of a contract awarded in June 2006, EADS North America is delivering a planned 345 aircraft with a potential total program life-cycle value of over $2 billion. The Light Utility Helicopter also was selected by the U.S. Navy as the rotary-wing aircraft for its Navy Test Pilot School, which received a total of five H-72A versions. As of August 2011, 180 aircraft had been delivered to the U.S. Defense Department for operation by Army and Army National Guard units, as well as the Navy – all of which were provided on time and on budget.
In commercial aviation, EADS has a significant U.S. presence – with Airbus as a key supplier of commercial jetliners to airlines, leasing companies and VIP operators; and American Eurocopter as one of the leaders in civil helicopters. More than 3,090 Airbus aircraft have been ordered by North American customers, with over 2,150 delivered; while some 1,300 Eurocopter rotary-wing aircraft are used by operators that include the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI.
EADS continues to believe that an open and competitive market in the U.S. will result in the best products at the best value. As the EADS involvement in U.S. defense programs grows, its industrial presence in the United States also is growing, strengthening the U.S. industrial base and offering high-quality jobs to American workers.
