OTHER PROJECTS
Galileo Industries consortium to develop European satellite navigation system
- Alcatel Space (France)
- Alenia Spazio ( Italy)
- EADS Astrium (Germany/UK)
- Galileo Sistemas y Servicios (Spain, a consortium of seven Spanish companies.
Brevel UAV: Eurodrome
- STN Atlas (Germany)
- EADS (France, Germany, Spain)
Viking Submarine Consortium
- Odense Stalskisbsuert AS (Denmark) 33%
- Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace AS (Norway) 33%
- Kockums (Sweden) 33%
UK FUTURE CARRIER PROGRAMME, Two Competing Teams - BAE SYSTEMS & Thales were directed by the UK government to form an alliance in early 2003:
BAE SYSTEMS Team:
AMS - C4ISR, Information Systems and Systems Engineering: Babcock BES - Ship Build Strategy and Collaborative Through Life Support: BAE SYSTEMS - C4ISR, Collaborative Through Life Support: BAE SYSTEMS Sea Systems Group - Ship Design and Build Strategy: EDS - Systems Integration: Fleet Support Ltd - Collaborative Through Life Support: Lockheed Martin - Programme Management, Systems and Requirements Engineering, Carrier Air Group Optimisation, C4ISR: Northrop Grumman - Mission Planning, Air Traffic Control, Ship Build Strategy, C4ISR: QinetiQ - Technology Insertion and Test & Evaluation Programmes: Rolls-Royce - Propulsion and Through-Life Support:
Strachan & Henshaw - Munitions Handling and Waste Management: Swan Hunter - Ship Build Strategy: VT (Vosper Thornycroft) Shipbuilding - Naval Architecture, Ship Build Strategy, Human Factors, Through Life Support, Control Systems
Thales Team:
KBR to manage the shipbuilding; BMT to assist with ship design; Alston to provide "electric ship" expertise; Devonport Management (DML), responsible for through-life-support; and CAE to provide the ship management system; Lockheed Martin, providing the aviation knowledge; UK research company Qinetiq; and Raytheon
Horizon Frigate
- Thales (France)
- DCN (France)
- Fincantieri SpA (Italy)
- Finmeccanica (Italy)
Advanced European Jet Pilot Training Program Feasibility Study (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland)
G-5 Companies conducting study include:
- EADS CASA (Spain)
- Aeromacchi (Italy)
- Dassault Aviation (France)
- Saab AB (Sweden)
- EADS Deutschland (Germany)
UK Truck & Combat Support Requirement
Competing Companies:
- MAN Truck & Bus (Germany)
- Oshkosh Truck Company (US)
- Stewart & Stevenson (US)
- Mercedez-Benz (Germany)
Transatlantic Industrial Proposal Solution (TIPS)
Northrop Grumman leading the Transatlantic Industrial Proposal Solution (TIPS) team, with EADS, Galileo Avionica, General Dynamics Canada, Indra, Northrop Grumman and Thales as primary partners and companies from 19 NATO countries won the NATO Airborne Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme in April 2004
Medium Extended Air Defence System International (MEADS)
- 55% Lockheed Martin (US)
- 45% MBDA/EADS/LFK (France, Germany,Italy, UK)
Euro-Art Radar Technology GmbH [US/GE/France] COBRA artillery locating radar
- Siemens (GE)
- Thales [formerly Thomson-CSF] (France)
- Lockheed Martin (USA)
Skynet 5 Competition (UK military communications satellites) Winning Team
- Paradigm Secure Communications - Astrium, BAE SYSTEMS, Logica, Nortel, Motorola, Cable & Wireless, Serco, System Engineering & Assessment
Euroslat Consortium (France/Italy) [anti-torpedo systems]
- WASS (Italy): 50%
- DCN International (France): 33%
- Thales [formerly Thomson-CSF] (France): 17%
Airborne System for Target Recognition and Designation (ATRID) Euro Fighter Aircraft Targeting Pod Programme
- UK (Project Joanna – BAE-Thales)
- Italy
- France
- Spain
Tac One [next generation NATO communications]
- BAE SYSTEMS (UK)
- EADS (France, Germany, Spain)
- ITT (US)
- Marconi Mobile (IT)
- Thales (France)
NATO Tactical Ballistic Missile Defence Feasibility Studies
-Team Janus
- Alenia Marconi Systems (UK/Italy)
- EADS – LFK (Germany)
- MBDA (UK, Italy, France)
- Lockheed Martin (US)
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CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS
Airbus Airliners: Airbus Industrie GIE - to be a replaced by the Airbus Integrated Company (not a GIE)
- 20% BAE SYSTEMS (UK)
- 80% EADS [formerly 38% DASA (Germany), 38% Aerospatiale SA (France), 4% Construction Aeronauticas SA (Spain)]
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GROUPEMENTS D'INTEREST ECONOMIQUE (GIEs)
EUROTORP: Lightweight torpedo systems
- 50% Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei
- 26% DCNI
- 24% Thales
Future SAM (Surface-to-Air) Missiles and Principle Anti-Air Missile System (PAAMS): Eurosam GIE
- 33.33% Thales [formerly Thomson-CSF] (France)
- 66% MBDA (France/Italy/UK)
- UK counterpart, UKAMS Ltd, has MBDA(UK/France/Italy) as prime
contractor
Hot, Roland and Milan Tactical Missiles: Euromissile GIE - EADS [formerly 50% DASA (Germany), 50% Aerospatiale SA (France)]
Trigat Anti-Tank Missile: Euromissile Dynamics (EMDG) GIE
- 33.33% MBDA(UK/France/Italy)
- 66.66% EADS [formerly 33.33% DASA (Germany), 33.33% Aerospatiale SA (France)]
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