Germany sees Meads with Eads.

The German parliament has given the green light to the country's participation in the transatlantic Medium Extended Air Defense System (Meads) programme, opening the doors for a $3.4 billion contract award to Meads International. Eads/LFK will receive 25 per cent of the total business, with MBDA-IT in Italy receiving 17 per cent and Lockheed Martin in the USA taking 58 per cent. The Meads is an air-transportable, ground-based air defence system that covers all airborne threat scenarios, including tactical ballistic missiles with a range of 1000 km in out-of-area operations.