SPHEREA’s history began in the automatic test departments of the Aerospatiale Avions (notably produced the first automatic test benches for Concorde) Aerospatiale Missiles and Sextant Avionique companies. These three departments were merged into a single entity to support the Rafale jetfighter and Leclerc tank programs, becoming EADS Test & Services when EADS was created in 2000. EADS Test & Services was attached to the EADS Defence & Security Division and became Cassidian Test & Services in 2010 when EADS Defence & Security became Cassidian.