MBDA is a European arms company which manufactures missiles.

MBDA is the result of the 2002 merger of:

  • Matra BAe Dynamics
  • EADS's Aerospatiale Matra Missiles
  • Alenia Marconi Systems

As of 2003, the company employs 10,000 people with an annual turnover of €22 billion.

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
  • anti-tank missiles
    • MILAN
    • Eryx - short range
    • Brimstone - air-launched
    • HOT
  • anti-ship missiles

Shareholders (Nov 2003)

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