The UK is a home market for EADS, Europe’s leading aerospace and defence company. Our presence in the UK has historically been strong and will continue to expand into the future. With nearly 15,000 employees, we are firmly rooted in the UK’s advanced technology industrial base. Today, EADS is among the UK’s top five suppliers and makes a major contribution to the UK aerospace and defence industry with a British turnover of more than £2 billion.
The UK is host to many of our key activities. Airbus UK is our centre of excellence in wing design and a global leader in manufacturing and advanced technology development. EADS Astrium is the UK’s largest space company leading an industry with high productivity and growth rates. We are proud of Paradigm, the world’s first commercial provider of military satellite communications services; our systems integration and cryptographic experts in EADS DS are world-renowned and MBDA is a leader in missile systems with cutting-edge research and manufacturing facilities.
All these activities require strategic vision. The launch of our Innovation Works initiative – in collaboration with a number of universities, research centres and government bodies – demonstrates our commitment to long-term investment in technology and skills.
EADS in the UK has always been a source of great creativity and technical excellence which has benefited our operations around the world. We are looking forward to reinforcing our collaboration with the Government as well as our academic and industrial stakeholders to expand UK activities and build a strong shared future for EADS and its partners in the UK.
