Boeing, EADS Announce Missile Defense Partnership

By John Liang / July 23, 2002 at 5:00 AM
Boeing and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop missile defense products, the two companies announced today. The transatlantic team effort will focus on "creating end-to-end products for global ballistic missile defense," a joint statement reads. The companies made the announcement, which is the first partnering agreement between them at the corporate level, at a joint EADS and Boeing press conference today at the Farnborough Air Show in England. "U.S. and European...

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