It involves a stealthy Russian government effort to become a major shareholder in, and influence over, the European Aeronautics, Defense and Space (EADS) consortium.

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But, with the large-scale entry of the European Aeronautic, Defense and Space (EADS) consortium into the U.S. market, DoD is finding itself in a procurement Catch-22 that would have even Joseph Heller, the creator of the phrase, in awe.

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Tomorrow, the Boeing Company reportedly will be briefed by the U.S. Air Force about that service's controversial rejection of the American firm's aerial refueling aircraft proposal in favor of that offered by a joint venture dominated by the European Aeronautic, Defense, and Space (EADS) consortium.

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In January, the administration invoked a nonproliferation law to stop the European Defense, Aerospace and Space Company (EADS) from selling its C-295 troop transport aircraft to Caracas, citing the planes' many American-made components.

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The WTO has ruled that for over forty years the European government owners of Airbus and its later formed parent the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS) have been have been undermining that wellspring and harming the U.S. aviation industry.

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And last year, European aerospace giant EADS announced plans for its Astrium space division to develop a line of suborbital jets to satisfy a space tourism market that it predicts could grow to as many as 15, 000 passengers a year by 2020.

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Dr Sweeney's team, working in collaboration with Astrium, a satellite-and-space company that is part of EADS, a European aerospace group, will test the system in a large aircraft hangar in Germany.

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The winners: Airbus subsidiary European Aeronautic Space and Defense Co. (EADS) and Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman.

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EADS, formerly known as European Aeronautic Defense and Space, is based in the Netherlands but has its headquarters in France.

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The winners: Airbus subsidiary European Aeronautic Space and Defense Co. (EADS) and Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman (nyse: NOC - news - people ).

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