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EADS Defence & Security Sytems

EADS, European Aeronautic Defence and Space company, is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. The Group includes the aircraft manufacturer Airbus, the world’s largest helicopter supplier Eurocopter and EADS Astrium, the European leader in space programmes from Ariane to Galileo. EADS is the major partner in the Eurofighter consortium, develops the A400M military transport aircraft, and holds a stake in the joint venture MBDA, the international leader in missile systems.
The EADS Defence & Security Division (DS) is the defence and security pillar within EADS, driving the Group’s development of integrated system solutions that meet its customers’ needs for Network Enhanced Capabilities (NEC). Being the EADS "Systems House", Defence and Communication Systems (DCS), an integrated Business Unit of EADS DS, offers its customers comprehensive and tailored solutions, combining the know-how to design, develop and implement Large System Integration (LSI) to link the widest possible range of individual platforms and subsystems into a single effective network. System integration is also increasingly important for non-military customers in areas such as homeland security. Information and secured communication system solutions in these fields as well as systems enabling for effective border control and coastal surveillance constitute another major focus for DCS.

The DCS vocation is to create complete systems solutions of communication and information including platforms and means to implement them. With its competencies in system solutions, DCS fulfils all requirements of the customers in the area of air and naval defence, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as advanced command, control and communication (C3I) systems, professional mobile radio and Global Security.

EADS DS has a strategic interest in using trusted embedded platforms in many application area.