(Rat-July third), August 16, 1996, Britain and France jointly built by Europe's largest missile enterprises. 16, 2009,

1996 (on TodayOnHistory.com) British Aerospace and the French Matra in London formally signed an agreement, decided to jointly set up Europe's largest missile company.
Under the agreement, British Aerospace and Matra company will merge them under the missile production enterprises, the formation of a joint "Matra British Aerospace Companies. In a joint statement released after the signing of the agreement, the two companies stressed that the establishment of the joint enterprise marks the the joint revitalization strategy of the EU arms industry has entered the stage of concrete implementation.