Dasa is acting on behalf of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), to be formed by the merger of Dasa, Aerospatiale Matra and CASA.

As a first success of this effort undertaken under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on April 19, the two companies announced at the ILA 2000 International Aerospace Exhibition in Berlin, Germany their intention to collaborate on the AN/APN-241 weather and navigation radar for the European A400M military transport aircraft.

Based on the ongoing evaluation of potential business alliances, additional areas of potential collaboration have been added to the MOU. Space equipment, interoperability technology, aerial targets, scenario analysis, towed devices, airborne electronic attack and fire control radar applications are the additional opportunities to be jointly evaluated by the future EADS and Northrop Grumman.

The two companies will assess these areas in addition to the opportunities announced in April. The previously included programs are: ground surveillance systems, high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) technology, maritime UAV technology, including real-time signal processing, airborne radar for military transport, naval radars and wide bandwidth data link technology for reconnaissance.

Dasa and Northrop Grumman have established joint working groups and are engaged in evaluating each individual program area. The progress of the working groups has been reviewed in joint executive meetings.

"This is no longer just a Dasa initiative as we are developing our approach jointly with our EADS partners. We all agree that the trinational EADS will be an even more attractive company for trans-Atlantic co-operation," said Thomas Enders, president of Defence and Civil Systems of Dasa and designated head of Defence and Civil Systems of EADS.

"We are continuing to define and explore individual programmatic opportunities as building blocks to what may become a broader relationship. Each individual program will be developed under a separate contractual arrangement tailored to the needs of the specific opportunity," said Enders. "We are encouraged by the progress made to-date in this intensive review of co-operative opportunities," said Ralph Crosby Jr., corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman ISA.

"Our ability to announce early success in collaborating on the transport aircraft radar is very important. The fact that we have identified more areas of potential cooperation speaks to the strategic opportunities available to the two firms."

Mr. Crosby added, "This working relationship between our two companies is a very practical approach to developing trans-Atlantic cooperation, and demonstrates the constructive role that industry can play within the policy framework established by our governments.

It also further reinforces the need for continued progress in the area of technology transfer policy as was described by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in Florence two weeks ago," added Crosby.

The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), with joint headquarters in Munich and Paris, will be Europe's premier aerospace corporation. EADS will be the leading partner in European aerospace programs such as Airbus, Eurofighter and Ariane. It had pro forma sales of $22.5 billion in 1999 and has a workforce of 92,000 employees.

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