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  Dynamics
BAe Dynamics BAe Dynamics was a division of British Aerospace.
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 BAE SYSTEMS
BAE faces considerably fewer hurdles in this sense than their European counterparts, as there is a high degree of integration between the U.S. and British defense establishments.
BAE is the leader of the Euroradar CAPTOR consortium which produces the Typhoon's radar.
BAE's Airbus UK is at present working on the wings for the massive A380, the consortium's double-decked jumbo.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/bae_systems_1   (1446 words)

  
 BAe Dynamics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BAe Dynamics was a division of British Aerospace.
British Aerospace was created in April 1977 by the merger of the British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and Scottish Aviation.
The company merged in 1996 with Matra Defense to form the (then) largest European missile manufacturer, Matra BAe Dynamics.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BAe_Dynamics   (85 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Matra BAe Dynamics
Matra BAe Dynamics was formed in August 1996 by merger of half the missile business of Matra Defense of France and BAe Dynamics (a division of British Aerospace) of the UK and was Europe's largest manufacturer of missiles and UAVs.
BAe evolution since 1955 until 1999 merger to form BAE Systems British Aerospace (BAe) was a British aircraft manufacturer, now part of BAE SYSTEMS.
The formation of Matra BAe Dynamics was followed in 1997 by the acquisition of a 30% share of LFK, a EADS susbsidary.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Matra-BAe-Dynamics   (394 words)

  
 British Aerospace - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In June 1993 the BAe Corporate Jets subsidiary was sold to Raytheon but BAe continues to make the wings and various fuselage sections for the Hawker jet.
In October BAe Dynamics and GEC-Marconi form a joint venture company, UKAMS Ltd, the UK partner in the Principal Anti-Air Missile System (PAAMS) consortium.
In May 1996 BAe and Matra Defense agreed to form a missiles joint venture to be called Matra BAe Dynamics.
www.free-definition.com /BAe.html   (737 words)

  
 BAe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In January 1981 BAe was converted to a plc with the government selling 51.57% of its shares the following month.
In October BAe Dynamics and GEC-Marconi form a joint venture company, UKAMS Ltd, to manageand develop their involvement in the naval Principal Anti-Air Missile System (PAAMS)project.
In May 1996 BAe and MatraDefense agreed to form a missiles joint venture to be called Matra BAe Dynamics.
www.therfcc.org /bae-118101.html   (506 words)

  
 Army Technology - Mistral - Air Defense Missile System
Matra was selected as the prime contractor to develop the Mistral in 1980.
Matra became Matra BAE Dynamics, which is now MBDA.
Guardian, developed by Matra and by Boeing Defense Systems, uses the Mistral and is based on the HMMWV M998 high mobility wheeled launch platform.
www.army-technology.com /projects/mistral   (969 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Matra BAe Dynamics
Matra BAe Dynamics was formed by the 1996 merger of Matra Defense of France and BAe Dynamics (a division of British Aerospace) of the UK and was Europe's largest manufacturer of missiles and UAVs.
The formation of Matra BAe Dynamics was followed in 1997 by the acquisition of a 30% share of LFK, a DASA susbsidary.
In 2002 Matra BAe Dynamics joined Aerospatiale Matra Missiles and Alenia Marconi Systems (missile division only) to form MBDA.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Matra_BAe_Dynamics   (261 words)

  
 BAe lands Oz missile contract
Matra BAe Dynamics Chief Executive, Fabrice Bregier commented: "This is superb news as it marks a major milestone for the company in air to air guided weapons.
For ASRAAM to be selected by the RAAF is testimony to the missile's performance and the justifiable confidence which is placed in it by the Australian Government." And Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Roger Hawksworth said: "The selection of ASRAAM follows a hard fought competition and a highly rigorous and professional evaluation by the Australian Government.
Matra BAe Dynamics has appointed a project manager from BAe Australia to run the programme and it is anticipated that negotiations will commence shortly culminating in a multi-million pound contract.
www.thisislancashire.co.uk /lancashire/archive/1998/02/20/NEWS0-2VQ.html   (376 words)

  
 BAe's two deals give boost to missile strategy
BAe is also partnering Aerospatiale Matra, the French group, and Finmeccanica, the Italian industrial conglomerate to create a pan-European missile consortium.
Alan Garwood, deputy chief executive of Matra BAe Dynamics, a joint venture between BAe and Aerospatiale Matra, said: "This is an opportunity to deepen transatlantic cooperation in missile development." The addition of Boeing is also a blow for President Clinton who has been backing Raytheon and pressing Tony Blair to accept its offer.
BAe was involved in another deal involving Alenia, a Finmeccanica subsidiary yesterday, cementing relations developed by GEC's Marconi defence electronics business.
www.portal.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/10/21/cnbae21.html   (380 words)

  
 Marvel / Scorpion
MBD's Marvel UAV system is targeted for maritime customers in addition to land-based missions, given that the Scorpion airframe can operate from areas as small as helipads.
The Matra BAe name for its UAV system is the Marvel, which combines the Scorpion air vehicle with Matra BAe payloads and command and control systems.
France-based Matra BAe Dynamics is the largest missile and UAV manufacturer in Europe.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/marvel.htm   (232 words)

  
 News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As agreed under the contract that was signed in 1997 with Hungary, the last MISTRAL air defence systems have been delivered by Matra BAe Dynamics, complete with their ATLAS firing launchers and the MCP fire coordination systems.
Matra BAe Dynamics has just been awarded a 2000 budgetary year contract worth 250 Million Euros (£ 150 million) by the French DGA Procurement Agency.
Franco-British firm Matra BAe Dynamics (a joint subsidiary of the EADS and BAE SYSTEMS groups) has been notified a major contract for the supply of missiles systems to the Sultanate of Oman.
www.mbda.net /publications/FO/scripts/newsFO_accueil.php?page=6〈=EN&sel_rub=   (601 words)

  
 Commercial Aspects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Matra BAe Dynamics (UK) Ltd is a subsidiary of Matra BAe Dynamics SAS, a company jointly owned by BAe plc and Lagardere SCA.
Matra BAe Dynamics (France) Ltd has won the SCALP EG contract from the French Government.
The two parts of Matra BAe Dynamics act as separate Prime Contractors and hold the individual Storm Shadow and SCALP EG contracts for their respective national Governments.
www.mod.uk /dpa/projects/commercial_aspects.htm   (278 words)

  
 Matra plans Taiwan missile maintenance center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Matra is reportedly planning to invest close to 200 million French francs (US$29 million) in the center, which will focus on the upkeep of the MICA and MAGIC-2 missiles Taiwan has bought to equip its French-made Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets.
Matra has allocated 90 million francs to cover the cost of technology transfer, 3 million francs for technological support, and 95 million for management and personnel training.
In 1998 Matra signed an agreement with the ROC Ministry of Economic Affairs to include a missile maintenance center in the future cooperative industrial plans between France and Taiwan.
www.taiwanheadlines.com /20000424/20000424p2.html   (367 words)

  
 missile systems - meteor
MBD also owns 30 per cent of LFK - 70 per cent belongs to EADS - and the prospect of including this and other companies in a German subsidiary within the new company will serve to strengthen Europe's indigenous guided-weapon capability.
MBD is at the heart of European consolidation in the defence industry.
Matra BAe Dynamics became a euro company on 1 January 2001 and so all transactions and contracts are denominated in euros.
www.global-defence.com /2001/MSpart1.html   (933 words)

  
 House of Commons - Defence - Written Evidence
This will enable MBD to provide genuine competition in a sector of the guided weapons market which has been dominated by the US for the last 30 years.
The UK MoD will contract with Matra BAe Dynamics (UK) who is the sole prime contractor for the whole programme.
In 1996 Matra Défense (part of the Lagarde"re Group) and BAe Dynamics merged into Matra BAe Dynamics.
www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmdfence/528/528we12.htm   (1065 words)

  
 BAESYSTEMS.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
BAE Systems, the global systems, defence and aerospace company today announced a number of key appointments.
BAE Systems employs more than 100,000 people, in nine home markets around the world and has annual sales of some £12 billion.
BAE Systems designs and manufactures civil and military aircraft, surface ships, submarines, space systems, radar, avionics, communications, electronics, guided weapon systems and a range of other defence products.
www.baesystems.com /newsroom/2001/010201news1.htm   (320 words)

  
 Lagardere.com - About Lagardère - History
Matra Communication forms strategic alliance with Northern Telecom, enabling Matra to pursue its development and bolster its international strategy in telecoms.
Matra Marconi Space buys British Aerospace space division, making Matra Marconi Space Europe's No. 1 space group, and No. 3 in the world.
Louis Schweitzer, Chairman and CEO of Renault, and Philippe Guédon, Chairman and CEO of Matra Automobile, signed a partnership agreement for the development and commercialization of a new vehicle, the "Coupéspace", for the year 2000.
www.lagardere.com /us/groupe/historique_1992.shtml   (669 words)

  
 MatraBAe signs major Emirates missile contract
Matra BAe Dynamics is a joint venture between Lagardere and British Aerospace.
The missiles deal would allow Matra BAe Dynamics "to establish close cooperation with the United Arab Emirates for the next 20 years," Lagardere said in astatement.
Matra BAe will also supply self-protection countermeasure packages in the UAE contract, with its Spirale electromagnetic decoy system and Eclair infra-red/electromagnetic decoy.
www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19981126/33055014.html   (296 words)

  
 eurosam
MBDA is a new guided weapons company, formed as a result of the merger between three companies of different nationalities: Matra BAE Dynamics, Aerospatiale Matra Missiles and Alenia Marconi Systems.
Matra BAe Dynamics is owned half-and-half by the UK-based BAE Systems and EADS.
Aerospatiale Matra Missiles is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company), whilst Alenia Marconi Systems is owned in equal parts by the Italian group, Finmeccanica, and BAE Systems.
www.eurosam.com /room/communique4.htm   (575 words)

  
 BAe in Talks to Form Global Missile Giant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Aside from Marconi's bringing of its Alenia interest to BAe, Lagardere's Matra is in the process of acquiring new missile interests through its merging with Aerospatiale as part of the latter's privatization.
Matra BAe Dynamics also has a 30 percent stake in LFK, the missiles unit of Germany's DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, or Dasa.
BAe's signing on Tuesday of the definitive GEC Marconi agreement started the clock on the companies' pursuit of regulatory approvals for the deal in Brussels, London, Washington and Canberra.
dev.themoscowtimes.com /stories/1999/04/29/031.html   (460 words)

  
 RNS-BAE SYSTEMS PLC Interim Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Growth in support services is another important market opportunity as customers seek suppliers with a broad range of capability and the ability to integrate and support complex solutions through their full lifecycle.
We are particularly pleased to have reached a definitive agreement with EADS and Finmeccanica to enhance the MBD joint venture, by merging the missile and missile system activities of Matra BAE Dynamics, Aerospatiale Matra Missiles and Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS) to form MBDA.
BAE SYSTEMS has become a major supplier, including for support services, on many in-service US programmes and is well placed to make a significant contribution to emerging programmes such as the F-22 and Joint Strike Fighter.
production.investis.com /baesystems/finnewsrns/1723130   (4231 words)

  
 FLUG REVUE update: Week ending October 24, 1999
Aerospatiale Matra, Dasa and Marconi Electronic Systems have signed the Formation Agreement for the first trinational European space company, which will be named Astrium.
Aerospatiale Matra, British Aerospace (BAe) and Finmeccanica have signed a Heads of Agreement to establish a joint venture in missiles and missile systems bringing together their current activities in this field.
These are - Matra BAe Dynamics (MBD), a 50/50 joint venture of BAe and AM; the missiles systems divisions of AMS, a 50/50 joint venture of Finmeccanica and Marconi Electronic Systems, which is now finalising its merger with BAe, and the fully owned missile subsidiary of Aerospatiale Matra.
www.flug-revue.rotor.com /FRNews99/FR991024.htm   (2763 words)

  
 British Aerospace - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
British Aerospace (BAe) was a UK aircraft manufacturer, now part of BAE Systems.
The company was formed as a statutory corporation on April 29, 1977 as a result the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act.
It was widely anticipated that BAe would merge with Germany’s DASA to form a pan-European aerospace giant, however BAe chose instead to merge with GEC’s defence electronics business, Marconi Electronic Systems.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/BAe   (968 words)

  
 Euro mergers create world's second largest missle maker.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
MBD revealed an embryonic partnership with the world's largest aerospace firm, U.S. giant Boeing Co (NYSE:BA - news), and is expected to soak up the remaining European missile businesses.
The merger of Aerospatiale and Dasa and the associated injection of LFK into MBD seems unlikely to alter the balance of ownership of the missiles consortium.
The assets that Finmeccanica is injecting into MBD do not seem to warrant a 25 percent share of the business, and Commerzbank analyst Brian O'Keefe estimated that the Italian firm was probably having to contribute about $1 billion in cash.
www.coli.uni-sb.de /~pietsch/kosovo/PineSGI410991024163738027959-100000.html   (842 words)

  
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In April 1997, a $100 million contract was signed between the Hungarian Ministry of Defence and Matra BAe Dynamics for Mistral missiles, ATLAS firing posts and MCP systems.
The Matra BAe Dynamics proximity fuze is an active laser type.
The French Army is using the Thomson-CSF Samantha alerting system, while Matra BAe Dynamics is proposing for export, associated with the AIDA terminal, a Mistral Co-ordination Post (MCP) based on the Oerlikon Contraves SHORAR radar.
www.pakdef.info /pakmilitary/army/sam/mistral.html   (2091 words)

  
 Corporate Watch : BAE Systems : Corporate Crimes
More worrying was the deal struck between Turkey and Matra Marconi Space, worth $110 million, for military satellite terminals, and the deal between a Turkish company and Matra BAE Dynamics for the manufacture of BAE’s Rapier anti-aircraft missiles.
Another case of BAE selling an expensive product to a country unable even to feed its own citizens came to light at the end of 2001, as the Labour Government approved the £28 million sale of a military air traffic control system to Tanzania.
BAE SYSTEMS was happy to provide spare parts to keep Robert Mugabe’s ageing Hawk jets in operation in Zimbabwe, which were obviously being used to sustain Mugabe’s operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
www.corporatewatch.org /?lid=185   (2259 words)

  
 DSEi News: BAe and Raytheon go head to head over RAF BVRAAM
BAe and Raytheon's rivalry in the competition for the RAF's Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile (BVRAAM) came to a head today as they traded press releases insisting that they had the answer.
Matra BAe Dynamics Deputy Chief Executive, Alan Garwood, said: "The threat is real and Meteor is the only technologically advanced solution far in excess of current generation systems, which will bring back safely the air force's pilots of tomorrow.
The Meteor team, which is backed by the major European industrial nations, comprises Matra BAe Dynamics, LFK of Germany, Casa of Spain, Saab of Sweden and Alenia Marconi Systems - the 50/50 JV between Italy's Alenia and the UK's Marconi Electronic Systems.
defence-data.com /dsei99/pagedi43.htm   (407 words)

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