CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -BENGALURU: Airbus today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for establishing a Centre of Excellence for aerospace skill development in Hyderabad, together with the Government of Telangana, National Skill Development Corporation India and AEROCAMPUS France.

Detailed explanation-2: -Airbus S.A.S., European aircraft manufacturer that is the world’s second largest maker of commercial aircraft (after Boeing Co.). It is co-owned by the German-French-Spanish European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), with an 80% interest, and Britain’s BAE Systems, with 20%.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was formed in 2000 from the merger of three leading European aerospace firms: Aerospatiale Matra of France, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) of Germany, and Construcciones Aeronáuticas S.A. (CASA) of Spain. Headquarters are in Paris, France, and Munich, Germany.

Detailed explanation-4: -Operational since 2007, the Airbus Engineering Centre in Bengaluru has around 500 engineers working across both fixed-and rotary wing Airbus aircraft programmes (A320, A330, A350 XWB, A380 and helicopters).

Detailed explanation-5: -Airbus Industrie began as a consortium of European aviation firms formed to compete with American companies such as Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, and Lockheed. While many European aircraft were innovative, even the most successful had small production runs.