Finmeccanica has chosen to partner Alenia: will be the consortium EADS (Matra Aerospace, DASA, home) to support, in a joint venture party, the aerospace company of the IRI Group. E ‘was discarded at the last moment and then the other suitor, BAE Systems, despite its revitalization. Crucial to the choice was option granted Alenia to acquire 5% of Airbus, the European consortium of aircraft for commercial transport world leaders next to Boeing.