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MBDA Begins Medium Range Missile Integration Tests

Gally Articola

Friday, June 21st, 2013

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MBDA said it has started integration tests with MMP (Missile Moyenne Portée – Medium Range Missile), which the company has been developing under its own funding since 2009 to equip the French army with a new ground combat weapon available as of 2017. A December 2011 risk reduction contract from the French DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) validated the technical choices behind the critical equipment involved with the missile and its firing post. The capability of the missile’s non-cooled infrared…

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