EADS opens research unit

European aerospace and defence group, EADS today opened its research and technology branch here, its third outside Europe, to take up joint projects in the areas of engineering and information technology.

EADS Innovation Works India would manage and broker research and technology projects for the EADS business units and corporate R & T organisation, top company officials told a press conference here.

Some of the projects to be carried out by EADS Innovation Works India would be performed in collaboration with Indian partners such as the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institutes of Technology, the company said.

The projects would capitalise on Indian capabilities identified by EADS in various fields: numerical simulation of complex physical systems, multi-disciplinary optimisation, high-performance computing and radar technology. "The opening of EADS Innovation Works India is part of our global Research and Technology strategy", EADS Chief Technical Officer Jean Botti said.

EADS also said it is keen to forge a partnership with Isro on supersonic and hypersonic aeroplane technologies. "We are looking very much into the future. Isro has a lot of knowledge," Botti said, adding EADS also sees potential between

Isro and the Franco-German group in the area of propulsion technology.