DaimlerChrysler Aerospace

The DASA from 1989 to 2000, a German air and space company. He belonged to the group of Daimler -Benz and after the merger with Chrysler to DaimlerChrysler ( now Daimler AG).

She changed three times her name, but the abbreviation DASA and the logo remained the same: First, DASA standing with full names for German Aerospace corporation, then it came to change the name Daimler -Benz Aerospace AG and after the merger of Daimler- Benz and Chrysler was the company again renamed DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG.

History

The German Aerospace AG was formed on May 19, 1989 the merger of Daimler -Benz belonging Dornier GmbH, the engine and turbine - Union München / Friedrichshafen GmbH and two parts of the AEG AG to Deutsche Aerospace AG. The abbreviation DASA should be the name under which the company was known to the public.

CEO Juergen Schrempp was. On September 6, 1989, Thomas DASA MBB ERNO and thus was by far the largest air and space company in Germany. With this integration and caused by a weak dollar cost reduction program " Dolores " ( Low Dollar Rescue) were around 16,000 jobs lost. Several works in the north of the MBB - ERNO, as with Dornier were closed or greatly reduced. On the other hand, the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker was taken. He should form a European regional aircraft under the umbrella of DASA together with the Dornier aerospace division ( Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH ). A commitment that was with heavy losses by the task ( depreciation ) of Fokker for the DASA - owner Daimler -Benz stopped again.

After the fall of the Wall, the DASA dedicated strong in East Germany. She took over the SOEs VEB Flugzeugwerft Dresden and the VEB repair Ludwigsfelde. The Dresden Elbe Flugzeugwerke came to Deutsche Aerospace Airbus. In November 1991, the DASA founded together with Jenoptik GmbH, Jena Jena- Optronic GmbH in Thuringia. In 1993, the RST Rostock was integrated into the Bremen-based space area of ​​the DASA.

On 1 January 1995, the German Aerospace AG Daimler -Benz Aerospace AG was renamed in November 1998 finally in DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG.

The DASA was at the European aeronautics and space projects, such as the ESA or Airbus, on the German side is always the leader.

After the merger of Daimler- Benz AG and Chrysler Corporation DASA was renamed DaimlerChrysler Aerospace. Under this name the company existed until it was united with the French Aérospatiale -Matra and CASA of Spain to the European aeronautics and aerospace group EADS in 2000; while maintaining the subsidiary MTU was spun again, which remained with the parent company DaimlerChrysler.

Last Dasa AG acts as a pure holding company for German interests in the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS).

The DASA was the largest arms exporter in Germany. However, their main business areas were the German Airbus stake and the German contribution to the successful European launcher Ariane 4 In addition, she was the main or sub-contractor for numerous scientific satellites, space probes and manned space laboratory Columbus ESA.

Productions or production interests

  • Helicopter Eurocopter Tiger
  • NH 90
  • Defense electronics
  • Various missile
  • Warplane Euro Fighter
  • Dornier Do 228
  • Dornier Do 328
  • Airbus A300
  • Airbus A310
  • Airbus A320 Family
  • Airbus A330
  • Airbus A340
  • Airbus A380 ( Airbus A3XX project as begun, but only delivered by EADS to the customers )
  • Ariane 4 family
  • Ariane 5G
  • Automated Transfer Vehicle ( ATV)
  • Columbus
  • Ulysses solar probe
  • Cluster solar research satellite
  • ERS satellite remote sensing
  • X-ray observatory XMM -Newton
  • Titan probe Huygens
Types of business entity Ottobrunn Daimler-Benz MTU Aero Engines Volkseigener Betrieb EADS EFW European Space Agency Fighter aircraft Ulysses (spacecraft) XMM-Newton Cassini–Huygens
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