TitleAudio visual material
ReferenceADS/F
CreatorAirbus Defence and Space Airbus Defence and Space is a division of the Airbus Group responsible for its defence and space activities. It was formed in July 2013 during a restructuring of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company and was made up the former Airbus Military, Astrium and Cassidian divisions. It is made up of 4 divisions: Military Aircraft, Space Systems, Communications, Intelligence and Security, and Unmanned Aerial Systems, with a group headquarters in Taufkirchen, Germany. The company as a whole employs around 40,000 people based in 35 countries.
In March 2016 it sold its defence electronics business to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the following year to Airbus Group as a whole was reorganised. This led to Airbus Defence and Space becoming an operating division of Airbus SE. In April 2022 DSI Datensicherheit was acquired.
Scope and ContentPhotographs, slides, videos and DVDs illustrating the aerospace work of De Havilland Propellers, Hawker Siddeley, British Aerospace, Matra Marconi Space, Astrium and Airbus.
Extent4 sub series
LanguageEnglish
Levelseries
Repository nameScience Museum, London
Conditions governing accessOpen Access
Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions
