airbus_defence_and_space | parentcompany | airbus_group <sep> airbus defence and space is the division of airbus se responsible for the development and manufacturing of the corporation's defence and space products, while also providing related services the division was formed in january 2014 during the corporate restructuring of european aeronautic defence and space (eads), and comprises the former airbus military, astrium, and cassidian divisions it is the world's second-largest space company after boeing and one of the top ten defence companies in the worldairbus defence and space has its corporate headquarters in taufkirchen, germany and is led by chief executive officer michael schoellhorn the company consists of four program lines:   military aircraft, managed from spain and led by jean-brice dumont space systems, managed from france and led by jean-marc nasr connected intelligence, managed from germany and led by karen florschütz uas (unmanned aerial systems), managed from germany and led by jana rosenmannwith its presence in 35 countries, the company employed 40,000 people from 86 nationalities as of 2014 and contributed to 21% of airbus revenues as of 2016 
the airbus group is the parent company of airbus defence and space.airbus defence and space is the division of airbus se