The Defence & Security Division (“DS” or the “DS Division”) was created in 2003 to serve as the main pillar of EADS’ defence and security activities. By combining EADS’ Defence and Communications Systems (DCS), Defence Electronics (DE), Military Air Systems (MAS) and Missile Systems (consisting of EADS’ 37.5% stake in MBDA) within one division, EADS has streamlined its defence and security business to better meet the needs of customers that require integrated defence and security solutions.

In 2006, the DS Division generated consolidated revenues of €5.9 billion, representing 14.9% of EADS’ total revenues.

System Design Centre (SDC)

Within DS, the System Design Centre (with branches in France, Germany and the U.K.) supports defence and security customers in designing, developing and testing their products and system architectures through use of advanced Modelling and Simulation (M&S) techniques. The SDC thereby provides a framework for systems design and related skills on behalf of the DS business units and EADS as a whole. Thanks to its use of standardized methods (such as the architecture frameworks used by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.K. Ministry of Defence) and other system development tools, the SDC helps to reinforce the DS Division’s strategy of improving capabilities in Large Systems Integration (LSI) more generally. One tool at the SDC’s disposal in this regard is a transnational networked experimentation and test environment, referred to as Network Centric Operations Simulations Centres (NetCOS).