Aérospatiale-Matra
Appearance
Aérospatiale-Matra was a French missile and aircraft manufacturer. It was formed in 1999 by the merger of French companies Aérospatiale and Matra Haute Technologie.
It was short-lived as a company; on July 10, 2000, it merged with DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) of Germany and Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain to form EADS.
Aérospatiale-Matra Missiles
While Matra founded Matra BAe Dynamics with British Aerospace Dynamics in 1996 as a missile group, it kept its own missile subsidiary active, Matra Missiles. This would become Aérospatiale Matra Missiles (AMM) in 1999 and finally EADS Aérospatiale Matra Missiles before it became part of MBDA.
Categories:
- Defence companies of France
- Guided missile manufacturers
- Matra
- Multinational aircraft manufacturers
- Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1999
- 1999 establishments in France
- Manufacturing companies disestablished in 2000
- 2000 disestablishments in France
- 2000 mergers and acquisitions
- French company stubs
- Military aviation stubs