Aérospatiale

Aerospatiale (French pronunciation: ​[aeʁɔspasjal]) was a French state-owned aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société nationale industrielle aérospatiale (SNIAS). Its head office was in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.^[1][2]

The former assets of Aerospatiale are now part of EADS, except the Satellites activities which merged with Alcatel and became Alcatel Space, in 1999, now Thales Alenia Space.

History

The company (as SNIAS) was created in 1970 by the merger of the state-owned companies Sud Aviation, Nord Aviation and Société d'études et de réalisation d'engins balistiques (SÉREB). Starting in 1971 it was directed by Henri Ziegler. It's North American Marketing arm French Aerospace Corporation was renamed to European Aerospace Corporation in 1971.^[3]

In 1991 the company helped construct the revolutionary chassis of the Bugatti EB110 Supercar. The chassis was built completely of carbon fibre, and was very lightweight.

In 1992, DaimlerBenz Aerospace AG (DASA) and Aerospatiale combined their helicopter divisions to form the Eurocopter Group.

In 1999, Aerospatiale, except for the satellites activities, merged with Matra Haute Technologie to form Aerospatiale-Matra. In 2001, Aerospatiale-Matra's missile group was merged with Matra BAe Dynamics and the missile division of Alenia Marconi Systems to form MBDA. Lionel Jospin's Plural Left government initiated the privatization of Aerospatiale.

On July 10, 2000, Aerospatiale-Matra merged with Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) of Germany to form the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS).

Products

The Aerospatiale Corvette first flew in 1970 and went into service in 1974. 40 were built.

Fixed-wing aircraft

• ATR 42 (as part of ATR)
• ATR 72 (as part of ATR)
• Avion de Transport Supersonique Futur (not built)
• CM.170 Magister
• CM.175 Zephyr
• Concorde (with British Aircraft Corporation)
• N.262
• N.500
• SE 210 Caravelle
• SN 601 Corvette
• TB 30 Epsilon
• Ludion
• Transall C-160

Helicopters

• AS 332 Super Puma
• AS 350 Ecureuil/AStar
• AS 355 Ecureuil 2/TwinStar
• AS 532 Cougar
• AS 550 Fennec
• AS 565 Panther
• SA 313/SA 318 Alouette II
• SA 315B Lama
• SA 316/SA 319 Alouette III
• SA 321 Super Frelon
• SA 330 Puma
• SA 341/SA 342 Gazelle
• SA 360 Dauphin
• SA 365/AS365 Dauphin 2
• HH-65 Dolphin
• Tiger Attack Helicopter

Unmanned aerial vehicles

• C.22

Missiles

• AS 15 TT
• AS-20
• AS-30
• M1 (missile)
• M20 (missile)
• M45 (missile)
• S1 (missile)
• S2 (missile)
• S3 (missile)
• SS.11
• SS.12/AS.12
• Air-Sol Moyenne Portée
• ENTAC
• Exocet
• Hadès (missile)
• HOT (missile)
• MILAN
• Pluton (missile)
• Roland (missile)

Space-related products

• AMC-5 (satellite)
• Arabsat (satellite)
  • Arabsat-1A
  • Arabsat-1B
• Ariane rocket
  • Ariane 1
  • Ariane 2
  • Ariane 3
• Astra 5A (satellite)
• Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator
• Diamant (rocket)
• Hermes spaceplane (not built)
• Huygens probe
• Infrared Space Observatory
• INSAT-1C (satellite)
• INSAT-2DT (satellite)
• Meteosat (satellite)
• Nahuel 1A (satellite)
• Proteus (satellite)
• Spacebus (satellite)
• Symphonie (satellite)
• Tele-X (satellite)
• Turksat (satellite)
  • Turksat 1A
  • Turksat 1B
  • Turksat 1C
• Topaze (sounding rocket)
• TV-SAT 1 (satellite)

List of CEOs

• Henri Martre (1983 - 1992)
• Louis Gallois (1992 - 1996)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aérospatiale.

• Aerospatiale (Archive) (English)/(French)
• Helis.com

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