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EADS SPACE joins Team SAIC to support NATO
October 26, 2005
Brussels, October 26, 2005 – EADS SPACE is joining a team led by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to bid on NATO’s ALTBMD Systems Engineering and Integration Support Contract (SE&I) (ALTBMD - Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defense). The Request for Proposals is scheduled for March 2006. EADS SPACE’s involvement is the latest step in a successful long-lasting collaboration with SAIC in NATO’s Ballistic Missile Defence Feasibility Studies since 2001.
Team SAIC includes EADS SPACE, IndustrieAnlagen-BetriebsGesellschaft (IABG), QinetiQ, The Raytheon Company, SAIC UK, Thales Group, the Netherlands’s Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and Thales Raytheon Systems.
"As a member of Team SAIC, EADS SPACE will provide its world-class experience in ballistic warfare and space-related capabilities including exo-atmospheric interception and sensor systems. In addition, EADS SPACE brings its expertise in complex systems engineering to support NATO in this new challenge," said Alain Charmeau, CEO of EADS SPACE Transportation. "EADS SPACE is committed to successfully integrating Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence assets with NATO command and control capabilities in an effective architecture solution."
EADS SPACE is Europe's foremost expert in the ballistic warfare domain, offering leading edge knowledge of ballistic missile defence and countermeasures. EADS SPACE offers sophisticated, high fidelity missile defence simulations to the NATO programme. EADS SPACE was responsible, in the previous NATO Ballistic Missile Defence Feasibility Studies, for the overall technical feasibility, threat analysis, sensor performances and sensitivity analysis. For this System Engineering & Integration contract, EADS SPACE will provide its expertise in these technical areas as well as its proven experience in system engineering and integration drawn from some of Europe’s largest and most complex programmes, including the Ariane 5 launcher, the Automated Transfer Vehicle for the International Space Station and Ballistic Missiles.
EADS SPACE, a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS, is dedicated to providing civil and defence space systems. In 2004, EADS SPACE had a turnover of €2.6 billion and 11,000 employees in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain. It has three main subsidiaries: EADS SPACE Transportation, for launchers and orbital infrastructure, EADS Astrium for satellites and ground segment and EADS SPACE Services to develop and deliver satellite services.
EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2004, EADS generated revenues of €31.8 billion and employed a workforce of more than 110,000.
Contacts for the Media:
EADS SPACE (FR) Rémi ROLAND +33 (0) 1 42 24 27 34
EADS SPACE (FR) Dr. Christian ERLES +33 (0) 1 39 06 32 53