Socata

SOCATA
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SOCATA
Type Private
Industry Aerospace
Founded 1911
Headquarters Tarbes, France
Products Fixed-wing aircraft and aircraft structures
Parent DAHER (majority)
EADS (minority)
Website http://www.daher.com/cms/aerospace/
SOCATA (also DAHER-SOCATA, formerly EADS Socata) is a producer of general aviation aircraft propelled by piston engines and turboprops, including small personal or training aircraft as well as small business planes, as well as the production of aircraft structures for other manufacturers such as Airbus, Dassault, Embraer, Eurocopter and Lockheed Martin. The company headquarter is currently located in Tarbes, France.

Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Products
3 References
4 External links


[edit] History
The history of Socata goes back to 1911 when the aircraft manufacturer Morane-Saulnier was founded. In 1966, Morane-Saulnier changed name to SOCATA (which is an abbreviation for Societe de Construction d'Avions de Tourisme et d'Affaires, French for "Company for the construction of aircraft for tourism and business") when the company was bought by Sud Aviation to produce small aircraft. In 2000 Socata became a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS.

On 27 June 2008, EADS announced its intention to sell a controlling interest in EADS Socata to DAHER.[1] On 3 November 2008, EADS and DAHER announced that they had reached an agreement for DAHER to acquire a 70% of Socata.[2] On 7 January 2009, DAHER confirmed its acquisition of a majority 70% stake in SOCATA.[3]

[edit] Products

EADS Socata TB 10 Tobago GT owned by Martinair flying school
EADS Socata TBM 850 at the Paris Air Show 2007Aircraft currently being produced by Socata
TBM 850
Aircraft produced by Socata in the past
Rallye series
ST 10 Diplomate
TB 30 Epsilon
TB 9 Tampico GT
TB 10 Tobago GT
TB 200 Tobago XL GT
TB 20 Trinidad GT
TB 21 Trinidad TC GT
TBM 700
Aircraft that never entered production
TB 31 Omega
TB 360 Tangara
Daher-Socata recently drew up plans to produce a 10-seat twin-engined jet,[4] but in August 2010 announced that launch would be postponed until 2011 at the earliest.[5]

[edit] References
^ Forbes / Thomson Financial News (2008), EADS to complete partial Socata sale to Daher within days, article retrieved July 2, 2008.
^ "Final agreement between EADS and the Daher group for Daher to take a majority interest in EADS Socata". EADS. http://www.eads.net/1024/en/pressdb/pressdb/EADS/20081103_eads_socata_daher.html. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
^ DAHER Group Confirms Signature of SOCATA Takeover Deal with EADS
^ "Daher seeks majority investor for new Socata jet, due 2010". http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/04/22/325421/daher-seeks-majority-investor-for-new-socata-jet-due.html. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
^ "Oshkosh: Daher-Socata jet launch pushed back until at least 2011". http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/08/11/345968/oshkosh-daher-socata-jet-launch-pushed-back-until-at-least.html. Retrieved 2010-08-16.