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Airbus Military

Former business unit of Airbus, which was part of the EADS conglomerate

Airbus Military was a business unit of Airbus, which was part of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) from 2009 to 2013. The company was formally created in April 2009 by the integration of the former Military Transport Aircraft Division (MTAD) and Airbus Military Sociedad Limitada (AMSL) into Airbus. In January 2014, former EADS divisions Airbus Military, Astrium, and Cassidian merged to form Airbus Defence and Space.2 It is headquartered in Madrid.1 It employed 5,500 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Apr 15, 2009Founded1

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Airbus Military was a business unit of Airbus, which was part of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) from 2009 to 2013.2

Corporate structure

Airbus Military is part of a group headed by Airbus. 95 entities, 20 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The predecessor company, headquartered in Blagnac, was established in January 1999 as Airbus Military Company SAS, to manage the Airbus A400M project, taking over from the Euroflag consortium. In May 2003, the company was restructured as Airbus Military Sociedad Limitada (AMSL) prior to the contract being awarded and its headquarters moved to Madrid, Spain.

The Military Transport Aircraft Division (MTAD) was a division of EADS which designed, manufactured and sold EADS-CASA light and medium transport aircraft, headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

On 16 December 2008, EADS announced that MTAD and AMSL would be integrated into Airbus as part of Airbus Military.

In February 2009, Domingo Ureña-Raso was appointed chair and CEO of Airbus Military.

On July 31, 2013, parent company EADS announced its reorganization as the Airbus Group. Airbus Military, Astrium, and Cassidian were merged and reorganized to form a new division: Airbus Defence and Space, marking the end of the Airbus Military corporate entity. Airbus Group's two other divisions are Airbus and Airbus Helicopters

From Wikipedia’s article on Airbus Military, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

  • military aircraft

Listed on Wikidata.1

Airbus A330 MRTT

Airbus A400M

CASA C-212 Aviocar

CASA/IPTN CN-235

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EADS CASA C-295

From Wikipedia’s article on Airbus Military, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Airbus Defence and Space S.A.1

Timeline

  1. Dec 2013Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Apr 15, 2009Founded Founded1

Sources

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