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Article: UK and France launch new partnership on future guided weapons technology.
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- December 21, 2007
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M2 PRESSWIRE-21 December 2007-UK Government: UK and France launch new partnership on future guided weapons technology(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Britain and France today announced a new multi-million pound initiative in European defence research collaboration, with the formation of an Innovation and Technology Partnership (ITP) focused on materials and components for missiles.
The ITP builds on the UK's Defence Technology Centre concept, and will be jointly funded by the British and French governments and an industry/ academia consortium led by MBDA. The UK MOD will fund GBP2.5M/pa and the French DGA E3.5M/pa, while ...