Toulouse is a city in southwestern France with roughly half a million inhabitants. The city has established academic, educational, engineering and scientific traditions. It is the center of European aerospace industry. Moreover, here are the headquarters of Europe’s biggest airplane, satellite, space center companies Relevant Life Insurance

Airbus

Airbus is Europe’s biggest airplane manufacturer on a grand scale. It produces roughly half of world’s aircrafts. There is an old struggle between them and their American main competitor- Boeing Property Investor Club Boeing has roughly three times more planes in service but the European producer has managed to get the upper hand in recent years and has won most of the orders for new planes. So far the French company holds the record for the world’s largest airliner- the A380, and the first fly-by-wire airplane. The Airbus factory in Toulouse offers a good opportunity to see how these huge technological wonders are built. Guided tour takes about one and a half hours and must be booked in advance.

Galileo Positioning System

Galileo is a global navigational system currently under development by the European Union and the European Space Agency. It is designed as a complimentary system for it American GPS and Russian GLONASS positioning systems. The project will cost the European taxpayers 4.3 billion euro and is expected to be finished by 2014. It is built in order to give Europe navigational independence from the other two great powers. It will have commercial, lower accuracy version available for the mass market as well.public-liability-insurance-cost.org.uk

Thales Alenia Space

Thales Alenia Space is Europe’s biggest satellite manufacturer. It has production locations in 5 different European countries and one in California, US. It employees more than 7000 employees and produces a significant part of all satellites in the world.

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