Paris, France (SPX) Mar 12, 2008 – The transmit / receive modules developed by EADS Defence and Security (DS) for the fire control radar of the MEADS air defence system (MEADS = Medium Extended Air Defence System) have now passed their acceptance tests and are being put into serial production. EADS DS is thus the first European company to mass produce the new AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar technology on an industrial scale with a volume of more than 40,000 modules.