Airbus
A Dutch multinational military and aerospace company whose helicopters are used to monitor the US–Mexico border.
A petition signed by over 1,000 people in August 2024 revealed Wandsworth's pension fund held ~£32 million in companies including BAE Systems, demanding divestment with limited council action to date.
Read more →Airbus subsidiary Airbus DS Airborne Solutions (ADAS) will continue to provide uncrewed aerial maritime surveillance services to Frontex
Read more →Airbus part-owns MBDA (37.5% share), whose US subsidiary manufactures key 'Diamond Back' wing components for the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb widely used by Israel in Gaza.
Read more →In December, two weapons makers – Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Airbus – announced they had signed a “follow-on” contract with Frontex, the EU’s border guard agency.
Read more →Airbus DS Airborne Solutions and IAI were selected by Frontex for a second term of Mediterranean maritime UAV surveillance using the IAI Maritime Heron system.
Read more →Airbus signed a $600M deal with IAI to lease Heron TP drones to Germany's Defence Ministry; those drones were used in Gaza from October 2023 and co-developed with Israel's MoD.
Read more →In 2018, Airbus signed a $600 million deal with Israel Aerospace to lease Heron TP drones to the German military. Israel uses drones such as these patrol the skies of the besieged Gaza Strip. Between 2008 and 2021 Airbus applied to the British government for an export license to supply weapons and military technology to …
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