Editing CASA (aircraft manufacturer)

{{Short description|Defunct Spanish aircraft manufacturing company (1923-2009)}}
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{{Infobox company
|name = EADS CASA
|logo = Construcciones Aeronáuticas S.A.svg  
|type = [[Subsidiary]]
|defunct = 2009
|fate = Merged into [[Airbus Military]]
|successor = [[Airbus Military]]
|foundation = 1923
|founder  = [[José Ortiz-Echagüe]]

|industry = [[Aviation]]
|key_people = 
|products = various types of aircraft and aerospace components 
|num_employees = 
|parent = [[EADS]]
}}

'''Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA'''<ref>Gunston 92</ref> ('''CASA''') was a Spanish [[aircraft manufacturer]] that was founded in 1923 and began manufacturing aircraft the following year. In 1999 it became a subsidiary of the [[EADS]] (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) under the name ''EADS CASA'' and in 2009 was absorbed into [[Airbus Military]]. CASA is noted for designing and producing military transport aircraft such as the [[CASA C-212 Aviocar]], the [[CASA CN-235]], the [[EADS CASA C-295|CASA C-295]] and the [[CASA C-101]] trainer/ground attack aircraft.

==History==
[[File:Spanish Eurofigther RIAT 2007 - 2 (cropped).jpg|thumb|The Eurofighter Typhoon is assembled in Spain by EADS-CASA for the Spanish Air Force]]
[[File:Airbus A400M Rollout.JPG|thumb|The first A400M, surrounded by EADS employees, during the aircraft's roll-out in Seville on 26 June 2008]]

Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) was founded by [[José Ortiz-Echagüe]] in 1923 and began work on a factory in [[Getafe]] in May 1924, building [[Breguet Aviation|Breguet]] aircraft under license. The first order covered 26 19 A.2s; total production of this type eventually reached 400 units.

CASA built a second factory in [[Cadiz]] in 1926 to construct a licensed copy of the German [[Dornier Do J Wal]] seaplane. They built 17 aircraft for the [[Spanish Air Force]], 12 for the Naval Aviation branch of the Spanish Navy and two for commercial use. CASA also operated several branch facilities in Spain for the repair and overhaul of aircraft. In 1929 the [[CASA III|CASA-1]] flew - the first CASA designed aircraft. King [[Alfonso XIII]] visited the main factory in 1930. CASA also built the French [[Breguet 19]], two of which would be made especially famous. One, was the Breguet XIX GR (Grand Raid) named the ''Jesus del Gran Poder'', currently preserved in the [[Museo del Aire (Madrid)|Museo del Aire de Cuatro Vientos]] (Madrid), which flew between [[Seville]] and [[Bahia]] (in Brazil), in 1929. This aircraft was piloted by Captains Ignacio Jiménez and Francisco Iglesias and covered 6746&nbsp;km in 43 hours 50 minutes. The other was the Breguet XIX Super Bidon, named ''Cuatro Vientos'' (''Four Winds''); it was flown by [[Mariano Barberán]] and [[Joaquín Collar Serra]] to Havana in Cuba in 1933. In 1932 CASA obtained a license from the UK aircraft company, [[Vickers-Armstrongs|Vickers]], to build 25 [[Vickers Vildebeest]] land-based torpedo bombers, which were powered by French Hispano 600&nbsp;hp engines.

[[File:CASA- Heinkel He111.jpg|thumb|[[CASA 2.111]] a licensed production version of the He 111-H Bomber, re-engined in Spain with imported Rolls-Royce Merlins at the end of World War II. CASA built 236 of these aircraft between 1940 and 1956]]

During the Spanish Civil War, the CASA Getafe factory was located in the Republican zone. It was moved to [[Alicante]], and another opened in [[Sabadell]]. At the end of the war, production returned to Getafe. CASA manufactured the Russian [[Polikarpov I-15]] biplane fighter, producing 287 aircraft before the end of the civil war.

After the Spanish Civil War, CASA opened a new plant in [[San Pablo Airport|Tablada]] in Seville, after obtaining various aircraft licenses from Germany and built 25 [[Gotha Go 145|Gotha Go 145A]] as the CASA 1145, 25 [[Bücker Bü 133]] as the CASA 1133 and 555 [[Bücker Bü 131]] as the CASA 1131. Production of these aircraft continued until the late 1950s. The CASA 201, is a twin-engine transport, (its engines were the Spanish-made ENMASA VAT Tigre G-125). In 1940 CASA began the licensed manufacture of 200 [[Heinkel He 111]] twin-engine bombers with imported [[Rolls-Royce Merlin|Rolls-Royce Merlins]], as the [[CASA 2.111]]. (These are the aircraft that were used as World War Two German Luftwaffe He 111s in various movies such as  ''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]'' and ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''.)

Starting in 1943, the Spanish government began investing in CASA, first obtaining a 33 per cent share of the company, by 1992 this had increased to a controlling 99.2 per cent. In 1945 CASA opened a factory in Madrid dedicated to manufacturing the parts and sub-assemblies of their various aircraft and those that they had contracts to repair and overhaul. In 1946 CASA re-established the Projects Office and resumed the design of aircraft based on the firm's proprietary technology. In 1957 CASA won a contract from the [[United States Air Force]] for the maintenance of the [[F-100 Super Sabre]]s based in Europe and Turkey and a contract from the Spanish Air Force to overhaul [[T-33]]s in the Spanish Air Force. They began the manufacture of the [[Northrop F-5]]A fighter-bomber under license in 1962. In 1971, CASA merged with [[Hispano Aviación]].

CASA was one of the original members of the [[Airbus]] Consortium with France, Germany and the United Kingdom in 1972. In 1977, CASA was awarded the contract to design and build the [[CASA C-101|C-101]], a trainer and attack aircraft for the [[Spanish Air Force]]. CASA joined the [[Eurofighter Typhoon|Eurofighter 2000]] project in 1996.

CASA has been a part of EADS, the European aerospace corporation, with [[Aérospatiale-Matra]] of France, [[Dornier GmbH]] and [[DASA]] of Germany since 1999. From then, the Spanish branch of EADS is called '''EADS-CASA'''. The current [[CEO]] and [[Chairman]] of EADS-CASA is [[Domingo Ureña-Raso]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eads.net/1024/es/investor/News_and_Events/news_ir/2009/20090224_eads_airbus_urena_raso.html |title=New Chairman of EADS-CASA named in February 2009 |access-date=2009-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130110241/http://www.eads.net/1024/es/investor/News_and_Events/news_ir/2009/20090224_eads_airbus_urena_raso.html |archive-date=2019-01-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> EADS-CASA currently employs around 7,500 workers.
 
[[Airbus|EADS]] was formed in July, 2000 following the merger of Aerospatiale [[Matra]] of France, [[DaimlerChrysler Aerospace]] of Germany and Construcciones Aeronáuticas S.A. from [[Spain]]. It is the third largest aerospace company in the world with approximately 100,000 employees.

In July 2001 EADS-CASA Military Aircraft marked the beginning of the [[Eurofighter Typhoon]] Final Assembly Phase at Getafe.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eads.com/1024/es/pressdb/archiv/2001/es_20010626_typhoon.html |title=Eurofighter Typhoon Final Assembly Phase at Getafe, Spain (Spanish) |access-date=2009-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130110452/http://www.eads.com/1024/es/pressdb/archiv/2001/es_20010626_typhoon.html |archive-date=2019-01-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is one of four assembly lines for the Eurofighter (the other three are at [[Warton Aerodrome|Warton]] in the United Kingdom, [[Manching]] in Germany and [[Turin]] in Italy).  Production was expected to be up to seven Typhoon wings per month and 12 aircraft per year.  EADS CASA is producing the right wing for the Eurofighter and assembling 87 aircraft for the Spanish Air Force.  First delivery was realized together with the other partner air forces in the second half of 2002.

===Military Transport Aircraft Division===
EADS CASA's Military Transport Aircraft Division (MTAD) was based in [[Madrid]].  One of the aircraft it produces is the Airbus A330-200, which has been modified to provide [[Aerial refueling|air-to-air refuelling]].  It has provided one variant to the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] and another to the UK's [[Royal Air Force]] via the ''AirTanker'' company. MTAD's main focus is in the light to medium end of the military transport market covering three to nine tonnes.

The MTAD managed the industrial and technical activities of participating companies for the [[Airbus A400M|A400M]] project. This responsibility is now managed by Airbus Military.<ref>[http://www.airbusmilitary.com/ Airbus A400M project] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040612115251/http://www.airbusmilitary.com/ |date=2004-06-12 }}</ref>

==Products==
[[File:CASA 212 side.jpg|thumb|Former [[CASA C-212 Aviocar]] of the [[Coast Guard (Sweden)|Swedish Coast Guard]]]]
[[File:Casa.cn-235m-100.35-24.spanishaf.arp.jpg|thumb|[[CASA CN-235|CASA CN-235M-100]] of the [[Spanish Air Force]]]] 
[[File:CASA C-295 of Polish Air Force, Radom AirShow 2005, Poland.jpg|thumb|[[CASA C-295]] of the [[Polish Air Force]]]]
* [[CASA I]] prototype of the CASA III
* [[CASA III]] 1929 two-seat sporting monoplane
* [[Bücker Bü 131|CASA 1.131 Jungmann]] license-built version of the Bücker Bü 131
* [[Bücker Bü 133|CASA 1.133 Jungmeister]] license-built version of the Bücker Bü 133
* [[CASA 2.111]] license-built version of the Heinkel 111
* [[Junkers Ju 52|CASA 352]] [[licensing (strategic alliance)|license-built]] version of the Junkers Ju 52
* [[CASA C-101]] Aviojet
* [[CASA C-102]]
* [[CASA C-112]] two-seat trainer
* [[Dornier Do 27|CASA C.127]] license-built version of the Dornier Do 27
* [[CASA C-201 Alcotán]]
* [[CASA C-202 Halcón]]
* [[CASA C-207 Azor]]
* [[CASA C-212 Aviocar]]
* [[MBB 223 Flamingo|CASA C-223 Flamingo]] license-built version of the MBB 223 Flamingo
* [[CASA CN-235]] regional airliner and military transport.
** [[EADS CASA HC-144 Ocean Sentry]]
* [[CASA C-295]] regional airliner and military transport.
* [[Eurofighter Typhoon]]
* [[Northrop F-5|CASA SF-5A]]; license-built version of the Northrop F-5A
* [[Northrop F-5|CASA SF-5B]]; license-built version of the Northrop F-5B
* [[Northrop F-5|CASA SRF-5A]]; license-built version of the Northrop RF-5A
* {{ill|EADS ATLANTE|es}} [[unmanned aerial vehicle]] (UAV)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/atlante-uav/ | title=Atlante Tactical Long Endurance UAV }}</ref>
* [[Polikarpov I-15]]
* [[Polikarpov I-16]]

===Others===
*[[Airbus]]; as [[subcontractor]] supplying parts for Airbus series of civilian passenger aircraft
*[[Airbus Military]]; Subcontractor for [[Airbus A400M Atlas]]
*[[Boeing]]; as subcontractor supplying parts for Boeing series of civilian passenger aircraft
*[[Eurofighter GmbH]]; as subcontractor for the right wing of all production Eurofighter Typhoon

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*{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |editor=Studio Editions |year=1993 
|publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |isbn=1-85170-324-1}} [[Jane's]] Encyclopedia of Aviation
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