Aérospatiale was a French aerospace manufacturer that primarily built both civilian and military aircraft and rockets. The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS NV ( EADS) is a large European aerospace corporation formed by the merger on July 10, Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing building testing selling and maintaining Aircraft, Aircraft parts A rocket or rocket vehicle is a Missile, Aircraft or other Vehicle which obtains Thrust by the reaction of the

The company was created in 1970 from the state-owned companies Sud Aviation, Nord Aviation and Société d'études et de réalisation d'engins balistiques (SÉREB). Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sud Aviation was a French state-owned Aircraft manufacturer, originating from the merger of Sud-Est (SNCASE or Société nationale des constructions Nord Aviation was a state-owned French Aircraft manufacturer. Starting in 1971 it was directed by Émile Dewoitine and Bernard Dufour. Émile Dewoitine (September 26th 1892 - July 5 1979 was a French aviation industrialist

In 1991 the company helped construct the revolutionary chassis of the Bugatti EB110 Supercar. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. General information The car had a 60-valve, quad- turbo V12 powering all four wheels through a six-speed gearbox The chassis was built completely out of carbon fibre, and was very lightweight.

In 1992, DaimlerBenz Aerospace AG (DASA) and Aérospatiale combined their helicopter divisions to form the Eurocopter Group. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG or DASA, was the former aerospace subsidiary of Daimler-Benz AG (later DaimlerChrysler) from 1989 The Eurocopter Group is a European Helicopter manufacturing and support company formed in 1992 from the merger of German Daimler-Benz Aerospace

In 1999, Aérospatiale merged with Matra Haute Technologie to form Aérospatiale-Matra. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Mécanique Avion TRAction or Matra was a French company covering a wide range of activities mainly related to automobile Bicycles Aeronautics Aérospatiale-Matra was a European Missile and Aircraft manufacturer. In 2001, Aérospatiale-Matra's missile group was merged with Matra BAe Dynamics and the missile division of Alenia Marconi Systems to form MBDA. Matra BAe Dynamics was formed in August 1996 by merger of half the missile business of Matra Defense of France and BAe Dynamics (a division of Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS was a major European integrated defence electronics company and an equal shares Joint venture between BAE Systems and Lionel Jospin's Plural Left government initiated the privatization of Aérospatiale. Lionel Jospin (born 12 July 1937 is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France, during the third " cohabitation " The Gauche Plurielle (French for Plural Left) was a left-wing coalition in France composed of the Socialist Party ( Parti socialiste or PS the French Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of business from the Public sector (government to the Private sector (business

On July 10, 2000, Aérospatiale-Matra merged with Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) of Germany to form The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS). Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS NV ( EADS) is a large European aerospace corporation formed by the merger on July 10,

Products

The company worked with the British company Westland Aircraft on three designs, the Puma, Gazelle and Lynx. Westland Aircraft was a British Aircraft manufacturer located in Yeovil in Somerset.

The Aérospatiale Corvette first flew in 1970 and went into service in 1974. Forty were built.

• Airbus Transport
• Alouette II and Alouette III helicopters
• Arabsat satellite
• Ariane rocket
• ATR 42 and ATR 72 turboprop airliners (with Alenia)
• ATSF (unrealised) supersonic transport
• Bugatti EB110 chassis
• Caravelle Transport
• Concorde Transport (with British Aircraft Corporation)
• Corvette Transport
• Dauphin helicopter
• Epsilon Trainer
• Exocet missile
• Gazelle helicopter
• Hermes spaceplane (unrealized)
• Lama helicopter
• Magister Trainer/Attack
• Meteosat satellites
• Puma helicopter
• Spacebus satellites
• Huygens probe
• Squirrel helicopter
• Zephyr Naval Trainer/Attack

Directors

• 1971-1979 - Émile Dewoitine

External Links

• Helis.com