EADS North America
EADS North America is the American arm of EADS, a global leader in aerospace and defense. As a leading supplier and industrial partner in defense and homeland security, commercial aviation, helicopters and services, EADS North America is proud to be a valued corporate citizen of the United States. Operating in 12 states, EADS North America offers a broad array of capabilities to its customers in the commercial, homeland security, aerospace and defense markets.
The business units of EADS North America are:
American Eurocopter, LLC: This leading provider of helicopters in the U.S. for commercial, police enforcement, homeland defense and other operators has locations in Grand Prairie, Texas and Columbus, Mississippi. Today, nearly 400 customers operate some 1,300 Eurocopter rotary-wing aircraft in the U.S.
Airbus Military North America, an EADS North America company: Airbus Military North America markets and supports the C-212, CN-235 and C-295 turboprop transport aircraft. Support operations for Airbus Military North America – including training and spares – currently is located at Mobile, Alabama, where the U.S. Coast Guard is to phase-in the HC-144A as a maritime patrol aircraft for the Integrated Deepwater System (IDS) program.
Cassidian Communications, an EADS North America company: Acquired by EADS North America in April 2008, Cassidian Communications provides call management and radio dispatch products for emergency call centers, along with emergency notification services, Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) applications and mapping services. It has the largest installed base of public safety answering points in the U.S. As the second largest provider of public safety radio communications worldwide, this company is a systems provider of mission critical, interoperable communications solutions committed to the North American market.
EADS North America Test and Services: This major provider of automatic test solutions and service excellence is present in both the military and civil aerospace automatic test marketplaces. Headquartered in Irvine, California, this company works with core customers to define test requirements and deliver support solutions by providing test and services general purpose ATE products, designing and building unique ATE, enhancing and integrating software offerings, and establishing nationwide OEM and military test engineering services. Its Professional ATLAS Work Station is used in systems worldwide, while its TestBase product supports test programming in virtually all of the existing testing environments and has extensive database capabilities.
EADS Supply and Services: This North American purchasing group for EADS acquires hardware and systems through supplier distribution networks and identifies new supply sources. Headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, it has a warehouse at Sterling, Virginia near Dulles International Airport with critical hardware for rapid supply to aircraft operators.
Fairchild Controls Corporation: Air turbine drives and environmental controls are produced by Frederick, Maryland-based Fairchild Controls Corporation for military and commercial applications. Its cooling systems are used on externally mounted aircraft pods that carry targeting, navigation, reconnaissance, and electronic countermeasure systems.
