EADS North America to expand Mobile, Alabama facility

EADS North America will further expand the company’s U.S. industrial presence with the construction of a new 27,000-sq. ft. aircraft maintenance delivery center at the Mobile, Alabama facility of its EADS CASA North America business unit. This $5.6 million facility expansion, located at the Mobile Regional Airport, will provide a modern support, overhaul and modification center for the growing number of EADS CASA multi-role transport aircraft operated by government and civilian customers in North, Central and South America — including the U.S. Coast Guard. Groundbreaking for the new center is planned for early 2009, with the completion targeted by year end.