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Calepin International B6 2009 Version3.Indd Calepin international des principales entreprises travaillant pour la défense Édition Mai 2009 DÉLÉGATION GÉNÉRALE POUR L’ARMEMENT Sommaire Sommaire .............................................................................................. p. 3 Carte des ensembles de sécurité en Europe ............................................ p. 4 Préface .................................................................................................. p. 5 Taux de change de l’Euro ....................................................................... p. 6 Fiches sociétés (pays de la LoI* + États-Unis) Sommaire sociétés pays de la LoI + États-Unis ....................................... p. 7 à 8 Fiches sociétés pays de la LoI + États-Unis ............................................. p. 9 à 112 Tableaux pays (LoI* + Etats-Unis) Sommaire tableaux pays de la LoI + États-Unis ...................................... p. 114 Allemagne............................................................................................. p. 116 Espagne ................................................................................................ p. 117 États-Unis d’Amérique ........................................................................... p. 118 France ................................................................................................... p. 119 Italie ..................................................................................................... p. 120 Royaume-Uni ........................................................................................ p. 121 Suède.................................................................................................... p. 122 Cartes et tableaux autres pays Sommaire cartes et tableaux autres pays ................................................ p. 123 Autriche ................................................................................................ p. 124 à 125 Belgique ................................................................................................ p. 126 à 127 Canada ................................................................................................. p. 128 à 129 Grèce .................................................................................................... p. 130 à 132 Israël ..................................................................................................... p. 133 à 136 Japon .................................................................................................... p. 137 à 139 Pays nordiques (hors Suède) Danemark et Finlande .............................................................. p. 140 à 142 Norvège................................................................................... p. 143 Pays-Bas ............................................................................................... p. 144 à 145 Portugal ................................................................................................ p. 146 à 147 Suisse ................................................................................................... p. 148 à 151 Turquie .................................................................................................. p. 152 à 154 Russie ................................................................................................... p. 155 à 161 Liste alphabétique des sociétés .............................................................. p. 162 à 163 • Pays signataires de la lettre d’intention et de l’accord cadre « LoI » (letter of Intent) : Suède, Allemagne, Espagne, France, Italie, Royaume-Uni Les ensembles institutionnels UE/AED* (27) Autriche LoI (6) Malte Irlande Suède Chypre Finlande OTAN (26) Danemark Estonie Canada Grèce Allemagne Lettonie États-Unis Luxembourg Espagne Lituanie Pays-Bas France Slovaquie Portugal Italie Slovénie Pologne Royaume-Uni Bulgarie Rép. Tchèque Belgique Roumanie Hongrie OCCAR (6) Norvège Turquie Islande * à l’exception du Danemark, tous les états de l’UE sont membres de l’AED (Agence européenne de défense) 4 Préface Paris, le 6 mai 2009 Le Service des affaires industrielles et de l’intelligence économique de la Délégation générale pour l’armement vous propose la mise à jour de son calepin international et espère ainsi contribuer à une meilleure connaissance des entreprises travaillant pour la défense. La finalité de ce calepin est de vous proposer des informations de référence, faciles à consulter et que vous pourrez enrichir de vos annotations personnelles. Sans prétendre à l’exhaustivité, ce petit ouvrage met à votre disposition des données synthétiques sur de nombreuses sociétés françaises et étrangères opérant dans les secteurs de l’aéronautique, de l’espace et de la défense. Des erreurs ou des inexactitudes ont pu s’y glisser. N’hésitez pas à nous les signaler, afin que nous puissions améliorer la qualité et la fiabilité de ce guide d’information. D’avance merci, et bonne lecture. Christophe BURG chef du service des affaires industrielles et de l’intelligence économique The Service des affaires industrielles et de l’intelligence économique (Industrial Affairs and Economic Intelligence Department) of the délégation générale pour l’armement (french defence procurement agency) provides you with the update of its Calepin international (International Handbook) and hopes to thus contribute to a better knowledge of the defence industry. The purpose of this calepin is to offer you a reference handbook that is easy to consult and that you can enrich with personal notes. Without claiming to be exhaustive, this handbook provides you with synthetic data on many french and foreign companies operating in the sectors of aeronautics, space and defence. Some errors or inaccuracies may have creeped into it. Do not hesitate to report them to us as this will help us to improve both the quality and the reliability of this handbook. Thank you in advance and enjoy the reading. Christophe BURG Director for Industrial Affairs and Economic Intelligence 5 Taux de change de l’€uro PAYS MONNAIE 1 €uro = 2005 2006 2007 Danemark Couronne danoise 7,4518 7,4591 7,4506 États-Unis Dollar américain 1,2433 1,2551 1,3705 Israël voir États-Unis - - - Japon Yen 136,85 146,02 161,25 Norvège Couronne norvégienne 7,9260 8,4530 7,4433 Royaume-Uni Livre sterling 0,6838 0,6817 0,6843 Suède Couronne suédoise 9,2822 9,2544 9,2501 Suisse Franc suisse 1,5483 1,5729 1,5 Le taux de change utilisé résulte d’une moyenne annuelle (source 2005 : Banque Centrale Euro- péenne ; source 2006 et 2007 : Banque de France). AVERTISSEMENT : la conversion systématique des résultats financiers en euros ne reflète pas nécessairement les variations annuelles d’activités exprimées en monnaie locale. 6 Sommaire sociétés pays de la LoI + États-Unis Agusta Westland ................................................................... p. 9 Alenia Aeronautica ................................................................ p. 10 ATK ....................................................................................... p. 11 à 12 Astrium ................................................................................. p. 13 Atlas Elektronik ..................................................................... p. 14 à 15 Avio ...................................................................................... p. 16 Babcock ................................................................................ p. 17 BAE Systems Plc .................................................................... p. 18 à 20 BAE Systems Bofors ............................................................... p. 21 BAE Systems Hägglunds ........................................................ p. 22 Boeing Company ................................................................... p. 23 à 24 Cobham ................................................................................ p. 25 Computer Sciences Corporation ............................................. p. 26 à 27 Dassault Aviation ................................................................... p. 28 à 29 DCNS .................................................................................... p. 30 à 31 Diehl Stiftung ........................................................................ p. 32 à 33 EADS........ ............................................................................. p. 34 à 39 Elettronica ........... ................................................................. p. 40 Eurenco Bofors ........... .......................................................... p. 41 Eurocopter ............................................................................ p. 42 Fincantieri ............................................................................. p. 43 Finmeccanica......................................................................... p. 44 à 45 Galileo Avionica..................................................................... p. 46 General Dynamics .................................................................. p. 47 à 48 General Electric ..................................................................... p. 49 à 50 Honeywell ............................................................................. p. 51 à 52 Indra Sistemas ....................................................................... p. 53 à 54 Kockums ............................................................................... p. 55 Krauss-Maffei Wegmann ........................................................ p. 56 à 57 L-3Communications ..............................................................
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