Manufacturer catalog

Airbus

Airbus is a European aerospace and defence group that designs and manufactures commercial aircraft, military aircraft, helicopters, uncrewed systems, and space equipment. Its defence-relevant programs include Airbus-branded systems, consortium aircraft such as the Eurofighter Typhoon, and subsidiary products such as Survey Copter's Aliaca maritime UAS.

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Airbus is part of a broad European industrial base that spans commercial aviation, military aviation, rotorcraft, uncrewed aircraft, secure communications, and space equipment. Its defence portfolio includes fixed-wing military aircraft, airlifters, tankers, services, and command or surveillance systems, while Airbus Helicopters and Airbus Defence and Space operate as more specialized parts of the same wider group.

The modern group traces its roots to late-1960s European aircraft collaboration, then expanded through the 2000 EADS merger and the later return to the Airbus name. Airbus SE is legally seated in the Netherlands, with operating headquarters in the Toulouse area of France.

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Notable Systems

Eurofighter Typhoon, Twin-engine multirole combat aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

Eurofighter Typhoon

Twin-engine multirole combat aircraft

Airbus lists the Typhoon in its military aircraft portfolio, reflecting the European consortium fighter's place in Airbus-connected combat aircraft production.

Sources: Airbus Military Aircraft
Survey Copter Aliaca UAV, Maritime mini uncrewed aircraft system, Aircraft & UAVs

Survey Copter Aliaca UAV

Maritime mini uncrewed aircraft system

Airbus reported that its Survey Copter subsidiary signed a French DGA contract for Aliaca maritime UAS systems for the French Navy.

Sources: Airbus Aliaca French Navy contract

Manufacturer History

  1. First Airbus aircraft flies

    The Airbus A300B1 first took to the sky, marking the start of the company story that Airbus now traces through its European collaboration roots.

    Sources: Airbus History

  2. EADS is formed

    Aerospatiale-Matra, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, and CASA merged into the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, which became the corporate predecessor of the modern Airbus group.

    Sources: Airbus History

  3. Airbus name returns

    The EADS name was replaced by Airbus, consolidating the group under the Airbus brand used today.

    Sources: Airbus History

Predecessors
Aerospatiale-MatraDaimlerChrysler Aerospace (DASA)Construcciones Aeronáuticas, S.A. (CASA)
Website links
About AirbusOur historyMilitary AircraftContact us

Airbus refers to the current Airbus SE group and its legacy Airbus/EADS naming chain. Toulouse is treated as the operating headquarters, while Dutch legal-seat context remains in the cited corporate sources.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Airbus HomePublisher: Airbus | Note: Supports Airbus's current corporate identity and sector coverage across commercial aircraft, helicopters, defence, and space. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Airbus HistoryPublisher: Airbus | Note: Supports the Airbus A300B1 first-flight milestone, the late-1960s European collaboration roots, and the company's merger-era history. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Airbus Military AircraftPublisher: Airbus | Note: Supports Airbus's military-aircraft portfolio and direct catalog relevance for the Eurofighter Typhoon and related defence aircraft programs. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Airbus Aliaca French Navy contractPublisher: Airbus | Note: Supports Survey Copter's status as an Airbus subsidiary and Airbus's 2021 French DGA contract for 11 fixed-wing Aliaca maritime UAS systems for French Navy ships. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Airbus ContactPublisher: Airbus | Note: Supports the Toulouse headquarters address at 1, rond-point Maurice Bellonte, Blagnac Cedex, France. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Airbus FY 2025 Board ReportPublisher: Airbus | Note: Supports Airbus SE corporate-context details, including the legal-company description and Dutch registered-office information. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Airbus HQ Image on CommonsPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the Airbus Wings Campus image; Commons identifies the file as CC0 public-domain own work depicting the global headquarters at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Survey Copter Aliaca UAV, Maritime mini uncrewed aircraft system, Aircraft & UAVs2020 Operation IriniSurvey Copter Aliaca UAVMaritime mini uncrewed aircraft systemBuilt in: FranceSurvey Copter Aliaca is a French maritime mini-UAS in French Navy service under the SMDM program, extending ship and coastal surveillance with EO/IR imagery and AIS collection. French Navy sources document SMDM use from Commandant Bouan during 2020 Operation Irini, while later Airbus material describes a VTOL branch that keeps the same surveillance architecture with a smaller launch-and-recovery footprint.
Eurofighter Typhoon, Twin-engine multirole combat aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs2011 First Libyan Civil War, 2014 War Against the Islamic State +2 moreEurofighter TyphoonTwin-engine multirole combat aircraftBuilt in: United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and SpainThe Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine, canard-delta multirole fighter developed by the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Spain and built through Airbus, BAE Systems, and Leonardo workshares. Cataloged conflict use spans RAF no-fly-zone, reconnaissance, and strike missions over Libya, coalition strike and ISR missions against the Islamic State, Red Sea strikes on Houthi military targets, and Royal Saudi Air Force combat missions in Yemen.