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European arms company MBDA, which manufactures missiles, is the result of the 2002 merger of Aerospatiale Matra Missiles (of EADS), Alenia Marconi Systems' missile divisions, and Matra BAe Dynamics.
As of 2003, the company has 10,000 employees and an annual turnover of €2 bn.
MBDA's products include:
- Air-to-air missiles:
- AIM-132 ASRAAM - short range, IR guided
- Meteor - long range, active radar terminal homing
- Mica - IR and radar guided versions (also SAM)
- Surface-to-air missiles:
- Mistral (also AAM)
- MBDA Aster - medium and long range SAMs, both land and naval versions
- Rapier
- Seawolf
- Air-to-surface missiles:
- Apache and derivatives such as SCALP/Storm Shadow
- AS 30 laser-guided missile
- PGM 500 and PGM 2000 guided missiles
- Anti-ship missiles:
- Anti-tank missiles:
- MILAN
- Trigat
- Eryx - short range
- Brimstone ATGM - air-launched
- HOT
Shareholders (as of November 2003)
- EADS (37.5%)
- BAE Systems (37.5%)
- Finmeccanica (25%)
External links
- MBDA website (http://www.mbda.net/)