EADS Opening Innovation Center In India
News EADS Opening Innovation Center In India Aerospace Daily & Defense Report Dec 04 , 2009 , p. 11 Neelam Mathews NEW DELHI – European aerospace giant EADS on Dec. 4 will formally open EADS Innovation Works India, part of the EADS research and development network, in Bengaluru. The center, in the city formerly known as Bangalore, is the third such Asian branch for EADS after sites in Russia and Singapore. The new center will look at developing software and also develop technology for homeland security. It will be a good fit for India and EADS, Chief Technology Officer Jean Botti told Aviation Week. Biofuels and nanotechnology are other areas the company will start working on at its wholly owned facility. EADS is said to be working on algae-related fuels, and there is a possibility that India’s large water-based bodies would be fertile growth tanks. EADS is also looking at working with the Indian Space Research Organization on very fast planes. Botti said the expected freeze on the...