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INFORMATION DOCUMENT 2018 Information on the Company’s Activities / 1.1 Presentation of the Company Cyber Security. Airbus Defence and Space has established Airbus Aerial brings together a variety of aerospace technologies a cyber security business to meet the growing cyber security – including drones and satellites – combines them in a software 1 needs of users of critical IT infrastructure, including governments infrastructure, and applies industry specifi c analytics to deliver and global companies. Airbus Defence and Space provides tailored solutions to help its customers effi ciently run their expertise and solutions to help such organisations to protect business. The portfolio of services focuses primarily on three themselves against, detect, analyse, prevent and respond to applications – remote sensing, cargo drone services and cyber threats. As a leading provider of security operation centres, connectivity. The Airbus Aerial activities will span both drone incident response services, key management, cryptography enabled digital services as well as the development of certifi able and high-security national solutions and consulting and training drones. Its focus lies on commercial customers in agriculture, services, Airbus Defence and Space has a long track record in insurance, infrastructure, utilities, state and local government. providing the most sensitive secure IT and data handling and training solutions to defence and security customers throughout Production France, Germany, the UK and other NATO countries. Airbus Defence and Space is headquartered in Munich. The Security Solutions include sensor networks ranging from main engineering and production facilities of the Division are infrared and video cameras through radars to airborne and located in France (Paris region and southwest France), Germany space surveillance systems, all connected to command and (Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Bremen), Spain (Madrid control centres, mainly for border security systems. Apart from region and Andalusia) and the UK (southern England and Wales). Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems for In addition, Airbus Defence and Space operates a global network gathering, aggregation and evaluation of incident data, highly of engineering centres and offi ces in more than 80 countries. reliable and encrypted digital data and voice networks are provided. Sophisticated decision-making tools support security MBDA forces to prioritise incidents, allocate required resources and The Company’s missile business, in addition to the ArianeGroup control events in real-time. Services for long-term sustainable joint venture, derives from its 37.5% stake in MBDA (a joint operation and life-cost optimisation such as simulation and venture between the Company, BAE Systems and Leonardo). training, maintenance, support to operation, local partnerships MBDA offers missile systems capabilities that cover the whole are also proposed. range of solutions for air dominance, ground-based air defence, Secure Land Communications. Airbus Defence and maritime superiority and battlefi eld engagement. Beyond its Space offers advanced communication and collaboration role in European markets, MBDA has an established presence solutions enabling its customers to gather process and deploy in export markets like Asia, the Gulf region and Latin America. intelligence. Its portfolio is tailored to the needs of professionals The broad product portfolio covers all six principal missile from Public Safety and Transport, Utility and Industry (TUI). system categories: air-to-air, air-to-surface, surface-to-air, anti- It includes infrastructures, devices, applications and services ship, anti-submarine and surface-to-surface. MBDA’s product based on Tetra, Tetrapol and Broadband technologies. As the range also includes a portfolio of airborne countermeasures European leader and a key international player, Secure Land such as missile warning and decoy systems, airborne combat Communications has customers in more than 80 countries. training and counter-IED and counter-mine solutions. The most signifi cant programmes currently under development are the Unmanned Aerial Systems ground based air defence system TLVS/MEADS for Germany, In the fi eld of UAS, Airbus Defence and Space is active at both the Aster Block 1 NT air and missile defence family of systems product and service level. Airbus Defence and Space is the for France and Italy, the Sea Venom/ANL anti-ship missile for the leading UAS service provider for the German air forces meeting UK and French navies’ helicopters, the portable medium range their MALE Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance battlefi eld “Missile Moyenne Portée (MMP)”, the network enabled needs in the operational theatre. These interim solutions, based precision surface attack SPEAR missile and the “Common Anti- on non-proprietary MALE systems, will be replaced by a new Air Modular Missile (CAMM)”, which is an anti-air missile family generation European MALE RPAS system where Airbus Defence with land, naval and air launched applications. and Space is working with its European partners. Airbus Defence and Space also provides mini-UAS to the French armed forces and selected export customers and the KZO UAS to the German ArianeGroup armed forces. It is developing the solar-powered Zephyr for both Airbus Defence and Space is active in the fi eld of launchers and military and civil applications such as relay stations for internet launch services through its ArianeGroup joint venture, which provision to remote or sparsely populated regions. prior to July 2017 was named Airbus Safran Launchers (ASL). 1.1.5 Investments Dassault Aviation As a result of the implementation of Dassault Aviation’s of Dassault Aviation’s share capital and 6.15% of its voting rights. capital increase, which took place on 27 June 2018, at the In case of exchange in full of the bonds issued by the Company occasion of which 36,782 shares were issued to remunerate and which are due in 2021, the Company will no longer hold the shareholders who opted for a dividend payment through any of Dassault Aviation shares and voting rights. attribution of shares, the Company holds approximately 9.89% Airbus / Information Document 2018 45 .