went on to develop more capable versions of the Ariane, which took much of the business of space launches away from the Americans during the 1990s. Privatisation and mergers In 1992, German defense company DaimlerBenz Aerospace AG (DASA) and Aérospatiale combined their respective helicopter divisions together to form the Eurocopter Group; ownership of this new entity was shared between the two parent companies. During the late 1990s, French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin's Plural Left government initiated a policy towards the privatization of Aérospatiale. In 1999, the majority of Aérospatiale, except for the satellites activities, merged with French conglomerate Matra's defense wing, Matra Haute Technologie, to form Aérospatiale-Matra. During 2001, Aérospatiale-Matra's missile division underwent a further merger with Anglo-French outfit Matra BAe Dynamics and the missile division of Alenia Marconi Systems to form the multinational MBDA entity. On 10 July 2000, Aérospatiale-Matra merged with Spanish aviation company Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) and German defense firm DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) to form the multinational European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS). EADS would later rebrand itself as Airbus Military, taking the name of its commercial aircraft division, its primary business. Products Fixed-wing aircraft CM.170 Magister CM.175 Zephyr Concorde (with British Aircraft Corporation) N.262 N.500 SE 210 Caravelle SN 601 Corvette TB 30 Epsilon Ludion Helicopters AS 332 Super Puma AS 350 Ecureuil/AStar AS 355 Ecureuil 2/TwinStar AS 532 Cougar AS 550 Fennec AS 565 Panther SA 313/SA 318 Alouette II SA 315B Lama SA 316/SA 319 Alouette III SA 321 Super Frelon SA 330 Puma SA 341/SA 342 Gazelle SA 360 Dauphin SA 365/AS365 Dauphin 2 HH-65 Dolphin Unmanned aerial vehicles C.22 Missiles AS 15 TT AS-20 AS-30 M1 (missile) M20 (missile) M45 (missile) S1 (missile) S2 (missile) S3 (missile) SS.11 SS.12/AS.12 Air-Sol Moyenne Portée ENTAC Exocet Hadès (missile) HOT (missile) MILAN Pluton (missile) Roland (missile) Space-related products AMC-5 (satellite) Arabsat (satellite) Arabsat-1A Arabsat-1B Ariane rocket Ariane 1 Ariane 2 Ariane 3 Ariane 4 Ariane 5 Astra 5A (satellite) Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator Diamant (rocket) Hermes spaceplane (not built) Huygens (spacecraft) Infrared Space Observatory INSAT-1C (satellite) INSAT-2DT (satellite) Meteosat (satellite) Nahuel 1A (satellite) Proteus (satellite) Spacebus (satellite) Symphonie (satellite) (satellite) Tele-X (satellite) Turksat (satellite) Turksat 1A Turksat 1B Turksat 1C Topaze (sounding rocket) TV-SAT 1 (satellite) List of CEOs 1970-1973 : Henri Ziegler 1973-1975 : Charles Cristofini 1975-1983 : général Jacques Mitterrand, the brother of François Mitterrand Henri Martre (1983 - 1992) Louis