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CONTINUING SUCCESS
49
CASSIDIAN
airspace. The Euro Hawk, jointly developed with Northrop
Grumman, made its first flight in June 2010. The Harfang
MALE UAS demonstrated its outstanding operational
performance in Afghanistan.
Talarion is the focus of Cassidian’s UAS development.
With both military and civil security applications, it is
the only genuine European UAS programme. EADS is
continuing to explore research and development funding
with European governments.
Progress across businesses
Among other important advances, development of
Eurofighter’s E-Scan next-generation radar began,
which aims at improving Eurofighter’s export potential.
The transatlantic new Medium Extended Air Defence
System (MEADS) passed its critical design review.
In the increasingly important field of cyber security,
Cassidian took major steps to reinforce its capabilities by
entering a number of strategic cooperation agreements
and making an acquisition.
Outlook
Cassidian will seek to consolidate its position in its
European home markets in the context of contracting
domestic budgets. In parallel, Cassidian is focussing
activities on strategic growth markets such as India,
Brazil and the Middle East region with the objective
of developing a long-term industrial presence.
Cassidian’s large system integration capabilities,
its experience in leveraging complex technologies
and customer proximity will remain the key
enablers in securing the future growth of these
activities. This medium- to long-term transformation
process aims to achieve a well-balanced and
optimised positioning of Cassidian from a
geographic and solution-offering perspective.
In the short term, Cassidian’s profitability will suffer
from increasing research and development
expenses and a less favourable mix of activities.
Eurofighter