International, Multinational and Joint Venture Military Aircraft Companies

International, Multinational and Joint Venture

Miltary Aircraft Companies

19?? - Present

(incomplete)

AgustaWestland

Agusta (Italy).
Westland (UK).
July 2000: merger.

Airbus Military Company Société par Actions Simplifiée

Airbus (EADS, BAE Systems).
EADS-CASA (Spain).
TAI (Turkey).
FLABEL (Belgium).
January 1999: joint venture to produce A400M transport.
2003: restructured as Airbus Military Sociedad Limitada.

Aircraft Technology Industries (AirTech)

CASA (now EADS CASA / Spain).
IPTN (now Dirgantara Indonesia / Indonesia).
Joint venture to produce CN-235 transport.

AMX International

Aeritalia (Italy).
Aermacchi (Italy).
EMBRAER (Brazil).
Joint venture to produce AMX light attack and trainer aircraft.

Bell / Agusta Aerospace Co.

Bell (USA).
Agusta (Italy).
1998: Joint venture to develop and produce AB 139 helicopter and BA 609 tiltrotor.
November 2005: Bell interest (25%) in AB 139 sold to AgustaWestland (now 100%); AgustaWestland interest in BA 609 increased (from 25% to 40%).

CFM International

General Electric (USA).
SNECMA (France).
1974: Joint venture to produce CFM56 turbofan (GE CF6, Snecma M56).

DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG

Eurocopter

Aérospatiale (France).
Deutsche Aerospace SA (Germany).
1992: Merger of Helicopter Divisions.
March 1992: Joint venture with Agusta (Italy), Fokker (Netherlands) as NHIndustries, to produce NH 90 helicopter.
1994: Joint venture with Mil (Russia) and Kazan (Russia) as Euromil JSC to produce Mi-38 helicopter.
2000: division of EADS after merger of parent companies.
Subsidiaries include American Eurocopter (USA), Helibras (Brazil).

Eurofighter GmbH

British Aerospace (UK).
MBB (Germany).
CASA (Spain).
Alenia (Italy).
June 1986: joint venture to produce EF2000 (Typhoon) fighter.

Euromil JSC

Eurocopter (France, Germany).
Mil (Russia).
Kazan (Russia).
1994: Joint venture to produce Mi-38 helicopter.

Euromissile

Aérospatiale (France).
MBB (Germany).
Joint venture to produce HOT ATGM.

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. (EADS)

Aérospatiale Matra (France).
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Germany, USA).
CASA (Spain).
10 July 2000: merger.
Divisions / subsidiaries include Airbus, ATR, Eurocopter, Eurofighter, SOCATA , Elbe Flugzeugwerke, MBDA.

European Helicopter Industries

Agusta, Italy.
Westland, UK.
1980: Joint venture to produce EH 101 helicopter.
22 March 2004: re-organized as export division of AgustaWestland, as AgustaWestland International Ltd.

EPI Europrop International GmbH

MTU (Germany).
SNECMA (France).
ITP (Spain).
Rolls-Royce (UK).
Joint venture to produce TP400-D6 turboshaft.

Karakoram

China Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Co. (NAMC, China).
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (Pakistan).
China National Aero Technology Import and Export Corp. (China).
Joint venture to produce K-8 trainer.

MBDA Missile Systems

Matra BAe Dynamics.
EADS-Aérospatiale Matra Missiles.
Alenia Marconi Systems.
April 2001: Merger.

MTU Turboméca Rolls-Royce GmbH

MTU (Germany).
Turbméca (France).
Rolls-Royce (UK).
1989: Joint venture to produce MTR390 turboshaft.

NHIndustries

Eurcopter (Germany, France).
Fokker (Netherlands).
Agusta (Italy).
March 1992: Joint venture to produce NH 90 helicopter.

Panavia

Aeritalia (Italy).
British Aerospace (UK).
MBB (Germany).
Joint venture to produce Tornado fighter.

Pioneer UAV Inc.

AAI Corp (USA).
IAI (Israel).
1991: Joint venture to produce RQ-2 Pioneer UAV.

Potez-Heinkel

Potez (France).
Heinkel (Germany).
196?: Joint venture to produce CM.191 trainer development of Fouga CM.170 Magister.

Société Européenne pour la Construction du Breguet Atlantic (SECBAT)

Joint venture to produce Atlantic, Atlanique 2 and Atlantique 3 ASW aircraft.
Atlantic production:
- Breguet (France).
- Sud-Aviation (France).
- Dassault (France).
- Fokker (Netherlands).
- Dornier (Germany).
- Siebel (Germany).
- SABCA (Belgium).
- Fairey (Belgium).
- Fabrique Nationale Herstal (Belgium).
- Aeritalia (Italy).
- Alfa Romeo (Italy).
Atlantique 2 production:
- Dassault (France).
- Dornier (Germany).
- MBB (Germany).
- Aérospatiale (France).
- Aeritalia (Italy).
- SABCA-SONACA (Belgium).
Atlantique 3 production:
- Dassault (France).
- Alenia (Italy).
- SABCA-SONACA (Belgium).
- EADS.

Société Européenne de Production de l'Avion d'Ecole de Combat et d'Appui Tactique (SEPECAT)

Breguet (France).
BAC (UK).
May 1966: Joint venture to produce Jaguar attack aircraft.

Transporter Alliance / Arbeitsgemeinschaft Transall

HFB (Germany).
Nord (France).
VFW (Germany).
January 1959: Joint venture to produce C-160 transport.
1972: End of first production run.
1976: Production resumed by MBB (Germany) and Aérospatiale (France).
1985: End of second production run.

Team US101

AgustaWestland (Italy, UK).
Lockheed Martin (USA).
31 October 2001: Joint venture to produce and market EH101 helicopter in USA as US101.
15 May 2003: Bell Helicopter (USA) added as subcontractor.
18 March 2004: Kaman Aerospace (USA) added to supply structures and engineering work.

YUROM

SOKO (Yugoslavia).
CNIAR (Romania).
Joint venture to produce IAR-93 and Orao light attack aircraft.

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