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MBDA, Baynuna to create joint venture

  • United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, February 24 - 2009 at 16:40
  • PRESS RELEASE

Today at IDEX exhibition, Antoine Bouvier, CEO of MBDA, and General Khaled Al Bu-Ainain, CEO of the Baynuna Group, signed a memorandum of association in order to establish a Joint Venture in the United Arab Emirates.

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Leveraging on the local highly recognized competences in the field of defence and aerospace of Baynuna Aviation Technology (BAT), a company of the Baynuna Group, MBDA will organize an in depth transfer of technology as regards to training and simulation for the UAE armed forces, as well as missile systems customization, system integration and weapon systems development.

This new partnership is aimed at developing and enhancing the UAE know how in the high added value defence and weapon system technologies.

At this occasion, Antoine Bouvier said:
"We are very proud to associate ourselves today to Baynuna, as we believe it is the partner of choice to reinforce a long lasting relationship with the UAE and bring our support to the development of the high technology industry in this country."


General Khaled Al Bu-Ainain stated: "We aim through this trustful partnership to bring value to the UAE in line with the strategic vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan for the creation of a pole of excellence in high technology and advanced industry."
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About BAT:

Based in Abu Dhabi, BAT is a company focused on new technology development and mainly concerned in technology transfer and development in order to help create sustainable growth regionally as well as internationally.

With industrial facilities in four European countries and within the USA, MBDA has an annual turnover of more than €3bn and an order book of more than €13bn. With more than 90 armed forces customers in the world, MBDA is a world leader in missiles and missile systems.

MBDA is the only group capable of designing and producing missiles and missile systems that correspond to the full range of current and future operational needs of the three armed forces (land, sea and air). In total, the group offers a range of 45 missile systems and countermeasures products already in operational service and more than 15 others currently in development.

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