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| company_name = MBDA
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| foundation = December 2001
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| location = [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
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| key_people = [[Antoine Bouvier]] ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
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| industry = [[Arms industry|Defence]]
| products = [[Missile]]s
| revenue = [[Euro|€]]3,500 million<ref name="financ">{{cite web | url = http://www.mbda.net/mbda/site/FO/scripts/siteFO_contenu.php?lang=EN&noeu_id=39 | title = Financial Position | accessdate = 2006-11-04 | year = 2006 | work = | publisher = }}</ref>
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| num_employees = 10,600<ref name="financ"/>
| parent = [[BAE Systems]] (37.5%)<br>[[EADS]] (37.5%)<br>[[Finmeccanica]] (25%)
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| homepage = [http://www.mbda.net/ www.mbda.net]
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'''MBDA''' is a missile manufacturer with operations in [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]] and [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. It was formed as a result of the [[2001]] merger of [[Aérospatiale-Matra|Aérospatiale-Matra Missiles]] (of [[EADS]]), [[Alenia Marconi Systems]]' missile divisions and [[Matra BAe Dynamics]]. [[As of 2003]] the company had 10,000 employees and in 2005 an annual turnover of [[euro|€]]3 [[1000000000 (number)|bn]].
==History==
The consolidation of Europe's missile companies began in 1996, when parts of [[Matra Defense]] and [[BAe Dynamics]] merged to form Matra BAe Dynamics (MBD). Matra BAe Dynamics represented half of Matra Hautes Technologies' missile business, the other half was Matra Missiles which became [[Aérospatiale-Matra|Aérospatiale-Matra Missiles]] (AMM), when Matra merged with [[Aérospatiale]] in 1999. In 2000, Aérospatiale-Matra became part of EADS.
In 1998, [[GEC-Marconi|GEC-Marconi Radar and Defence Systems]] and [[Alenia Difesa]] combined their missile and radar activities to form Alenia Marconi Systems. In 1999 GEC-Marconi (renamed [[Marconi Electronic Systems]]) was sold to British Aerospace and became part of the merged company, BAE Systems.
In December 2001, MBD (including AMM) and the Missile and Missile Systems activities of AMS merged, creating MBDA.
In June 2005, [[LFK]], a unit of EADS Defence and Security Systems, agreed to be merged into MBDA. On [[March 1]], 2006, LFK became '''MBDA Deutschland'''.
On [[March 16]], 2006 the ''[[Financial Times]]'' reported the possible sale of BAE's 37.5% share of MBDA. The paper reports that EADS is keen to take full control of the joint venture by acquiring the BAE share and [[Finmeccanica]]'s 25%.<ref name="MBDA">"[http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=FT&Date=20060316&ID=5580580 MBDA prepares for consolidation]." ''[[Financial Times]]''. Retrieved [[March 18]], [[2006]].</ref>
On [[October 20]], 2006 ''[[The Bolton News]]'' reported a redundancy programme of 250 jobs across all three British sites over 15 months, the greatest hit site being [[Lostock,_Bolton|Lostock]], [[Bolton]] in [[Greater Manchester]] with 170 jobs to go.<ref name="MBDA redundancies">"[http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.979230.0.missiles_factory_is_hit_by_fall_in_orders.php MBDA announces redundancies]." ''[[Bolton News]]''. Retrieved [[October 22]], [[2006]]</ref>
==Product range==
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MBDA's products include:
* [[Air-to-air missile]]s:
** [[AIM-132 ASRAAM]] - short range, IR guided
** [[MBDA Meteor|Meteor]] - long range, active radar terminal homing
** [[MBDA Mica|Mica]] - IR and radar guided versions (also SAM)
* [[Surface-to-air missile]]s:
** [[Mistral missile|Mistral]] (also AAM)
** [[Eurosam]] [[MBDA Aster|Aster]] - medium and long range SAMs, both land and naval versions
** [[LFK NG]] (together with [[Diehl BGT Defence]])
** [[Aspide]]
** [[Rapier missile|Rapier]]
** [[Seawolf missile|Seawolf]]
* [[Air-to-surface missile]]s:
** [[MBDA Apache|Apache]] and derivatives such as [[Storm Shadow]]/SCALP-EG
** [[MBDA AS 30|AS 30]] laser-guided missile
** [[MBDA PGM 500|PGM 500]] and [[MBDA PGM 2000|PGM 2000]] guided missiles
* [[Anti-ship missile]]s:
** [[Exocet]]
** [[Teseo (missile)|Otomat/Teseo]]
** [[Marte (missile)]]
* [[Anti-tank missile]]s:
** [[MILAN]]
** [[PARS 3 LR]] - long range (together with [[Diehl BGT Defence]])
** [[ERYX]] - short range
** [[Brimstone missile|Brimstone ATGM]] - air-launched
** [[Euromissile HOT|HOT]]
*[[System]]s
**[[Spada]]
**[[Eurosam]] [[SAMP/T]]
**[[PAAMS]] missile system comprising:
***[[UKAMS]] PAAMS(S)
***[[Eurosam]] PAAMS(E)
**[[Eurosam]] [[SAAM-IT]]
**[[Eurosam]] [[SAAM-FR]]
==Locations==
*{{UK}}:
**Filton, [[Bristol]]
**[[Lostock,_Bolton|Lostock]], [[Bolton]]
**[[Stevenage]]
**Strand, [[London]] (company headquarters)
*{{FRA}}:
**[[Bourges]]
**Châtillon,[[Paris]]
**Plessis Robinson, [[Paris]]
*{{GER}}:
**[[Ulm]]
**[[Unterschleißheim]]
**[[Schrobenhausen]]
*{{ITA}}:
**Fusaro, [[Napoli]]
**[[La Spezia]]
**[[Rome]]
==Shareholders==
''This information is correct as of April 2008.''
* [[BAE Systems]] (37.5%)
* [[EADS]] (37.5%)
* [[Finmeccanica]] (25%)
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.mbda.net/ MBDA website]
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