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Other programmes such as MEADS further serve to position [[MBDA]] at the heart of the European defence sector as well as establishing cooperative transatlantic links with the principal groups in the US defence industry. | Other programmes such as MEADS further serve to position [[MBDA]] at the heart of the European defence sector as well as establishing cooperative transatlantic links with the principal groups in the US defence industry. | ||
| − | <ref>[http://www.mbda.net MDBA website], accessed 16th November 2010</ref> | + | <ref>'[http://www.mbda.net MDBA website]', accessed 16th November 2010</ref> |
Revision as of 23:35, 17 November 2010
MBDA is a multi-national group, and a world leader in missile systems and has nearly 10,000 employees across Europe and the USA. MBDA has three main shareholders in defence and aeronautical systems – BAE Systems (37.5%), EADS(37.5%) and Finmeccanica (25%). The MBDA website reports a turnover of 2.6 Billion Euros and produced over 3000 missiles. Furthermore, MBDA works with over 90 armed forces worldwide. [1]
Background
MBDA operates in all of the major world markets and is the only company in its sector able to design and produce guided weapon systems for land-based, naval and airborne requirements. Now a standalone company in its own right and more than 70 customers worldwide. While consolidation in the sector was behind this merger, the entity that has been created better reflects developments within the worldwide industry, according to the company.
Coming from such a distinguished background - BAE Systems is a global defence operator, EADS is the largest aerospace company in Europe and Finmeccanica is Italy’s second-largest industrial group - MBDA has a strong pedigree. But its new-found strength lies in that it has at its heart Europe’s top guided weapons design and production centres united by strong transnational programmes such as the Storm Shadow/SCALP stand-off cruise missile family, the Meteor advanced generation beyond visual range air-to-air missile and the Aster family of anti-missile missile systems.
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MBDA Promotional Video
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Contacts
References
- ↑ MDBA website, accessed November 2010
