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EADS was founded on 10 July 2000, emerging from the link-up of the German DASA, the French Aerospatiale Matra and CASA of Spain. In 2003, EADS Achieved
revenues of EUR 30.1 billion.

The company employs over 109,000 People above all in Germany, France, Great Britain and Spain. Approximately 80 percent of these revenues come from the civil market and 20 percent from The military market.

The EADS Corporate Research Centre Germany (about 250 employees) performs Mid- too long-term researches for all business units and promotes technological Advances and realisation of innovations in a company-wide and synergetic Approach.

EADS CRC provides expertise for company strategic decisions and Often plays a key role in cross-linking the EADS systems know-how with Technological skills of suppliers and research institutes.  Fundamental, Pre-competitive work is performed in close co-operation with universities, Research institutes, and industry at national and international level.

Core Competencies of the EADS CRC are: are-acoustics, sensors and data Processing, electronics, Microsystems, surface protection technologies, Materials and material systems.

The department "Microsystems and Electronics" within the EADS CRC has a Long history in developing, testing and verification of MEMS sensors, in Particular MEMS inertial sensors (gyros and accelerometers.

The EADS CRC Contributes also to the development of future aeronautic GNSS applications and EADS CRC contributes to the Galileo programme with its expertise in Navigation technologies. Based on the detailed experience about MEMS sensors
and GNSS the EADS CRC Develops integrated sensor clusters for novel hybridised navigation systems Including modelling
and development of advanced filter software.