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Don’t Blame Us for Euro Hawk, Says EADS Cassidian Boss
The EADS concept for a Future European MALE UAS is based on the company’s previous Talarion design studies.
The EADS concept for a Future European MALE UAS is based on the company’s previous Talarion design studies.

EADS Cassidian chief executive officer Bernhard Gerwert has defended the company’s credibility as an unmanned airborne systems (UAS) provider, in the wake of the Euro Hawk cancellation. The company was a 50-percent partner in the joint venture with Northrop Grumman that was providing the high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) system to the German air force. The German parliament last week opened an investigation into the Euro Hawk affair and is expected to interview senior executives from both companies, as well as military and government officials, before reporting in early September.