Airbus Defence and Space

Airbus Defence and Space is the defence and space business of Airbus. It develops and supports military aircraft, unmanned aerial systems, military space and satellite communications, and connectivity and intelligence systems for armed forces. In Germany it has major sites at Manching, Ottobrunn/Taufkirchen, Friedrichshafen and Bremen. The German sites cover combat aircraft assembly and flight testing, airlifter fuselage work and satellite and space hardware.

Products

• Combat aircraft: Eurofighter Typhoon
• Strategic airlifter: A400M
• Tanker: A330 MRTT
• Tactical transport: C295, CN235
• Unmanned aerial systems: Eurodrone (U950) medium-altitude long-endurance UAS, Sirtap (U850) tactical UAS
• Military space: satellite communications services
• Connectivity and intelligence: Multi-Domain Combat Cloud (MDCC), command and control and data solutions
• Airbus is prime contractor for Europe's Future Combat Air System (FCAS)

Sites in Germany

• Manching: Eurofighter final assembly, system testing and flight trials; maintenance support for German Tornado, Eurofighter and A400M aircraft and the NATO AWACS E-3A fleet; Eurodrone work
• Ottobrunn/Taufkirchen: optical instruments, satellite solar panels and rocket engines
• Friedrichshafen: satellite development, Earth observation and space exploration
• Bremen: A400M fuselage assembly, space transportation and components including the European Service Module for NASA's Orion spacecraft

Contact

• Website: airbus.com/defence
• Location: Ottobrunn/Taufkirchen, Germany