TDA Armements
TDA Armements SAS was a French defence company, that made widely deployed air-to-ground rockets (sub-metric precision rocket), and now a division of Thales Group.
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Harrier GR3 XZ133 (built in 1976) carrying the under-wing SNEB rocket pod
History
Its rockets are, and have been, mostly carried by attack helicopters and ground attack aircraft. The modern company was set up in December 1994 as a joint venture of EADS Deutschland and Thales.
In October 2005, Thales Land & Joint Systems bought 100% of the company by buying the 50% share of EADS.[1]
Structure
It is headquartered in La Ferté-Saint-Aubin, in the Loiret department in the Centre-Val de Loire region.
It exports around a half of its products.
Products
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SNEB 68mm rocket system
- Detonation systems
- Equipment for the Crotale (missile), MICA (missile), AS-30 and Aster (missile family)
- SNEB 68mm air to ground rocket system, commonly carried by the Harrier throughout its life
gollark: What are "traffic controller thingies"?
gollark: Anyway, you can read it here: https://osmarks.net/p3.html#4-4
gollark: I can't see a way to make it do that without donator commands, sad!
gollark: Unless I trick pyrobot into it somehow.
gollark: I would send a picture, but apparently not even I can do that.
References
- "Defense News October 2005". defense-aerospace.com. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
External links
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