Airbus Defence and Space will present its broad portfolio in the Airbus pavilion at the international aerospace exhibition ILA Berlin 2014 which will run from 20-25 May 2014.
Airbus Defence and Space will present the A400M on the ground and in the air. The A400M is a newly developed military transport aircraft specially designed to meet the requirements of armed forces in the 21st century. With its high-performance turboprop propulsion units, the A400M flies higher, faster and further. At the same time, it has excellent maneuverability and low-speed flight capabilities, as well as the ability to operate on short and unsurfaced runways.
The newest Eurofighter exhibition model will also be displayed at the Airbus pavilion. The Eurofighter is the most modern and capable multi-role combat aircraft currently on the market. Currently, seven nations (Germany, the UK, Italy, Spain, Austria, Saudi Arabia and Oman) have procured the Eurofighter. To date, the Eurofighter fleet has completed more than 200,000 flight hours world-wide, thus making the aircraft the safest and one of the most reliable combat aircraft in operation. With 719 aircraft under contract, 571 orders and over 400 deliveries, the Eurofighter is currently the largest military procurement program in Europe.
Airbus Defence and Space will also display Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) at the ILA 2014 The Heron 1 is a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) System operated by the German Air Force. Based on the IAI (Israel Aeronautic Industries) Heron platform - it is a combat proven system in the MALE category of UAVs and is dedicated to reconnaissance and tracking operations in the depth of the battlefield.
The KZO is a combat proven tactical fixed wing reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) System designed and launched by Airbus Defence and Space to perform military missions including high-precise reconnaissance targeting and damage assessment. With 12 systems and 60 UAVs delivered, the KZO is in service with the German Army since 2005, and accomplished over 1,000 missions supporting ISAF operations in Afghanistan since 2009.
Further highlights include the Ariane 5 Midlife Evolution (ME) launcher, which Airbus Defence and Space is developing for the European Space Agency (ESA).
The space spectrometer NIRSpec (near-infrared spectrograph), which Airbus Defence and Space delivered to NASA to be integrated into the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), will also be on display in the space hall.
Another highlight of the exhibition is Gaia, Europe’s most advanced space telescope, which Airbus Defence and Space has built for the ESA.
With an interactive presentation from WorldDEM, Airbus Defence and Space will present a digital elevation model (DEM) that recently entered the market and covers the Earth from pole to pole with unprecedented accuracy.
