The Seattle Times: Boeing/aerospace: Airbus parent finds U.S. ripe for plucking defense contracts

The Seattle Times: Boeing/aerospace: Airbus parent finds U.S. ripe for plucking defense contracts: "Currently, EADS North America is about a $500 million-a-year business. That's tiny compared with EADS' overall $8 billion defense business. In turn, the overall business pales in comparison with the $30 billion Lockheed Martin brings in, Boeing's $27 billion and the $17 billion brought in by BAE Systems, which owns the remaining 20 percent of Airbus."