Astrium
Services will provide Internet access with dedicated and guaranteed
throughput to enable
the Irish soldiers to stay in touch with their families and friends
around the world at any time. The Irish troops will also have access
by telephone to a free English speaking customer support desk open
24/7.
Astrium
Services
currently also provides telephone and Internet welfare communications
services to French troops deployed overseas in Afghanistan, Chad,
Lebanon and Kosovo. This service for 7,000 troops is part of a four
year contract named Passerel. Astrium Services, through its
subsidiary Paradigm, also provides welfare communication services to
all UK armed forces deployed overseas as part of the Skynet 5
programme. This service is provided to 17,000 British Servicemen and
women deployed globally until at least 2020.
Astrium,
a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS, is dedicated to providing civil
and defence
space systems and services. In 2008, Astrium had a turnover of €4.3
billion and more than 15,000 employees in France, Germany, the United
Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands. Its three main areas of activity
are Astrium Space Transportation for launchers and orbital
infrastructure, Astrium Satellites for spacecraft and ground segment
and Astrium Services for the development and delivery of satellite
services.
EADS
is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services.
In 2008, EADS generated revenues of €43.3 billion and employed
a workforce of more than 118, 000.
Press
contacts:
Daniel
Mosely
(Astrium UK) Tel.: +44 (0)1 438 77 8180
Matthieu
Duvelleroy (Astrium FR) Tel.: +33 (0) 1 77 75 80 32
Ralph
Heinrich (Astrium GER) Tel.: +49 (0) 89 607 33971
Francisco
Lechón (Astrium SP) Tel.: +34 91 586 37 41
www.astrium.eads.net
