MBDA

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.

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As of 2003, the company has 10,000 employees and an annual turnover of ?2 bn.

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MBDA's products include:

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• 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:
• Exocet
• Anti-tank missiles:
• MILAN
• Trigat
• Eryx - short range
• Brimstone ATGM - air-launched
• HOT
MBDA: Shareholders (as of November 2003) ►



 

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