EADS North America Test and Services Appoints Karl Wickizer As its Business Development Manager in Huntsville, Alabama     Irvine, CA, January 11, 2008 - EADS North America Test and Services has appointed Karl Wickizer to the newly-created position of Business Development Manager in Huntsville, Alabama, with the focus on Army programs related to test, measurement, logistics, and electronic systems. He will lead the company's efforts to establish Total System Life Management technologies as the standard for defense customers. "We are very pleased that Karl has accepted this position," stated Jim Mulato, the Executive Vice President of EADS North America Test and Services. "His demonstrated ability to lead, manage, and mentor - as well as his knowledge of the customer - were key factors in our choice of Karl for this position. He brings a unique background and capabilities to the company. With more than 20 years of experience, Karl is well versed in electronic warfare applications and development, turbine engine design and production, helicopter design and manufacture, and extensive expertise in program management/business development activities." Before joining EADS North America Test and Services, Wickizer was responsible for electronic warfare program execution and business development at Sierra Nevada Corporation. Previously, he was the Rolls-Royce Corporation's program manager for special technologies, the T63 engine product line, and the CTS 800 engine product line. Prior to Rolls-Royce, Wickizer served with the U.S. Army for 23 years, retiring in 1998 as a Lieutenant Colonel. He was a Senior Army Aviator rated in both fixed and rotary wing aircraft. Wickizer received a Bachelor's Degree in General Science from Purdue University and a Master's Degree in both Management and Business Administration from Webster University. He is a certified Project Management Professional with the Project Management Institute, and a Department of Defense Acquisition Professional. EADS North America Test and Services is offering Total System Life Management technologies for defense electronics applications in a teaming arrangement with CPU Technology. Total System Life Management provides system-of-systems modeling and simulation capabilities in real time, radically improving complex system design, support, and redesign processes. Its superior technology generates safer products with increased performance and proven efficiency. As a result, customers in the armed forces will benefit from superior products with a lower acquisition cost, lower through-life support costs, and much lower costs to redesign obsolete subsystems and systems. About EADS North America Test and Services (www.eads-nadefense.com) EADS North America Test and Services designs, manufactures, sells, and services electronic test and measurement instruments, systems, software, and support to leading high-technology customers throughout the world. The company offers an extensive range of products and services, from modular instruments to turnkey automatic test systems, which are ideal for use in a wide variety of applications, including commercial functional test and measurement, laser diode burn-in and production, microcomputer production, and jet engine test. EADS North America Test & Services is an industry leader in providing automatic test solutions and service excellence to military and civil aerospace automatic test markets. It works with core customers to define test requirements and deliver support solutions by providing general purpose ATE products, designing and building unique ATE, enhancing and integrating software offerings, and establishing nationwide OEM and military test engineering services. Among the key market sectors the company serves are military, aerospace, marine, medical, telecommunications, semiconductor, and commercial manufacturing. About EADS North America (www.eadsnorthamerica.com) EADS North America is the North American operations of EADS, the second largest aerospace and defense company in the world. As a leader in all sectors of defense and homeland security, EADS North America and its parent company, EADS, contribute over $10 billion to the U.S. economy annually and support more than 190,000 American jobs through its network of suppliers and services. With 12 operating companies located in 31 cities and 17 states, EADS North America offers a broad array of advanced solutions to its customers in the commercial, homeland security, aerospace and defense markets. Press Contacts and Complete List of Press Releases