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MBDA, ISL, Extend International Partnering Agreement To Missiles

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Monday, July 4th, 2011

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MBDA and ISL, the Franco-German research institute of St. Louis, signed an international partnering agreement extending the scope of existing ground force cooperation to missiles between the two organizations. MBDA CEO Antoine Bouvier said: "ISL possesses a wide range of skills which will be very useful in the conception of our future missile systems. Equally, the agreement which we have signed...shows that Franco-German cooperation remains a major strategic objective for MBDA." In a statement, ISL Directors Christian de Villemagne and…

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