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2007 Press releases

EADS North America completes a strong year of achievement for the U.S. Army’s UH-72A Light Utility Helicopter

Northrop Grumman KC-30 Tanker Aerial Refueling Boom System successfully completes in-flight contact with an F-16 receiver aircraft

EADS demonstrates P25 Solution with state of Wisconsin

Pierre Clerc-Renaud is appointed the president of EADS Supply and Services

Fairchild Controls is awarded its latest maintenance contract for TP 25 air turbines on U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft

American Eurocopter opens West Coast Regional Support Facility

EADS North America and Cobham select Bridgeport, West Virginia for an aerial refueling center of excellence

EADS North America’s capabilities for the U.S. Army are showcased at the 2007 AUSA annual convention

EADS North America Defense Test & Services and CPU Technology announce teaming agreement

EADS North America increases its UH-72A Lakota helicopter delivery rate to two aircraft per month for the U.S. Army

U.S. Coast Guard reaches the one million flight hour milestone with its Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin helicopter fleet

The first KC-30 goes from initial assembly to flight in less than 75 days

EADS North America participates in the Air Force Association and National Business Aviation Association Exhibitions

EADS North America Defense names Col. John Burke (U.S. Army, ret.) as Light Utility Helicopter Program Vice President

U. S. Army UH-72A Lakota receives full-rate production authorization

American Eurocopter receives FAA production authority for U.S. Army UH-72A Lakota and EC145 commercial helicopters

EADS North America Defense Security and Systems Solutions wins technical support contract from the U.S. Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)

EADS Socata’s international trainees complete their highly successful EAA “Young Eagles” internship

EADS North America completes deliveries of the initial eight UH-72A Light Utility Helicopters to the U.S. Army

EADS North America names Marc Bouvier as Vice President – Strategy and Integration

EADS Boom System completes major fuel offload test

TBM 850 serial number 400 is delivered to U.S. customers

The UH-72A Light Utility Helicopter enters operational service with the first fully-equipped U.S. Army unit

EADS unveils three new Portable Detection Sensors for U.S. Homeland Security threats

EADS’ TBM 850 business aircraft builds a strong customer base in the U.S. marketplace

EADS A330 Tanker completes first test flight ahead of schedule

EADS North America underscores Aerial Refueling and homeland security capabilities at the Paris Air Show

Fairchild Controls expands its headquarters with new development facilities and a high-power electronics laboratory

EADS delivers Germany’s first A310 Multi-Role Tanker Transport equipped with new mission avionics for aerial refueling

EADS rolls out the first refueling-equipped KC-30B tanker for the Royal Australian Air Force

EADS’ advanced Air Refueling Boom System passes Its 100-flight hour milestone in validation testing

EADS expands its U.S. engineering research support with $200,000 provided to the University of Alabama and Georgia Institute of Technology

EADS North America Defense Test and Services’ Karen Evensen is recognized as the 2007 outstanding woman in technology

Socata Aircraft, Inc. renamed EADS Socata North America, Inc.

EADS North America to accelerate production of the U.S. Army’s UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter

EADS North America increases its education scholarship endowment for the Army Aviation Association of America

EADS receives order for five HC-144A U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Patrol aircraft

EADS advances the Royal Australian Air Force’s KC-30B Multi-role Tanker Transport to next test phase

EADS Secure Networks North America names Sunny Taylor as President & CEO

Media invitation: EADS North America to participate in the Army Aviation Association’s 2007 Annual Convention

EADS Advanced Air Refueling Boom System logs over 70 flight test hours

EADS provides more than $300,000 to Stanford University and the Georgia Institute of Technology for engineering research

EADS-NA Defense Security and Systems Solutions wins contract with USAF communications agency

Northrop Grumman forms world-class KC-30 Tanker industry team to compete for U.S. Air Force Tanker Replacement Program

EADS North America leads list of corporate sponsors for the Air Force Charity Ball

EADS equips Australia’s first A330 Tanker with advanced refueling boom and underwing pods

American Eurocopter completes its delivery of upgrade kits for the U.S. Coast Guard’s HH-65 Dolphin helicopter fleet

EADS North America opens Russellville, Arkansas facility for the development of deployable shelter systems

EADS A330 MRTT selected by the United Arab Emirates

Northrop Grumman to bid on KC-135 Tanker Replacement Program

EADS North America Defense Security and Systems Solutions certifies its procedures to capability Maturity Model Level 3

EADS North America ramps-up its production and deliveries of the U.S. Army’s UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter

Team JCA delivers final proposal for Joint Cargo Aircraft program

EADS Advanced Air Refueling Boom deploys in flight and progresses to final verification test phase

EADS North America creates scholarship programs in Mississippi, Florida and South Carolina

The U.S. Coast Guard’s first EADS HC-144A multi-mission aircraft arrives in United States

EADS Secure Networks successfully demonstrates multi-vendor, system of systems radio interoperability

Cumberland County Selects EADS Secure Networks for P25 public safety radio system

Last update: 02 April 2007

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EADS-NA Defense Security and Systems Solutions wins contract with USAF communications agency

San Antonio, Texas, 02 April 2007

EADS North America Defense Security and Systems Solutions, Inc. has been awarded a $3.4 million contract to provide certification and accreditation support services for the Air Force Communications Agency.

“We are pleased to extend our long-term relationship with the U.S. Air Force Communications Agency,” said Johnnie Hernandez, the company’s Chairman, President and CEO. “This newest contract underscores our ability to deliver cutting-edge services and to protect computer and communications networks for the military and other customers.”

Support services to be provided to the U.S. Air Force Communications Agency under this contract include a wide variety of information assurance (IA) procedures and deliverables that satisfy the requirements of existing and emerging Department of Defense (DoD) and Air Force certification and accreditation processes, public law and other applicable regulatory guidance.

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LATEST PRESS RELEASE

December 16, 2008

EADS North America delivers the 50th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army

December 09, 2008

EADS receives process certification for its military transport aircraft software

December 08, 2008

EADS North America receives order for 39 additional UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters