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{{Short description|European developer and manufacturer of missiles}}
{{Distinguish|Minority Business Development Agency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox company
| name = MBDA
| logo = File:MBDA-Logo.svg
| image = ILA_2008_PD_446.JPG
| image_size = 250px
| type = [[Joint venture]]
| genre = 
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2001|12}}
| founder = 
| location = [[Le Plessis-Robinson]], France
| key_people = Éric Béranger ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])<ref name="newceo">{{Cite web |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-airbus-management/mbda-boss-faces-battle-of-wits-as-airbus-strategy-chief-idUKKCN1SL211 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515230829/https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-airbus-management/mbda-boss-faces-battle-of-wits-as-airbus-strategy-chief-idUKKCN1SL211 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 May 2019 |title=MBDA boss faces battle of wits as Airbus strategy chief |last=Hepher |first=Tim |date=2019-05-15 |website=Reuters |access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref>
| area_served = 
| industry = [[Arms industry|Defence]]
| products = [[Missile]]s, missiles systems, [[countermeasure]]s, [[countermining]]
| revenue = {{gain}} [[Euro|€]]4.5 billion (2023)<ref name="revenue">{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/mbda-expects-orders-revenue-italy-dip-this-year-after-new-records-2023-2024-03-22/ |title=MBDA expects orders, revenue in Italy to dip this year after new records in 2023|date=2024-03-22|website=Reuters |access-date=2024-03-23}}</ref>
| operating_income = 
| net_income = 
| num_employees = 13,000<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mbda-systems.com/about-us/ |title=ABOUT US |website=MBDA |access-date=2022-07-17}}</ref>
| owners = {{ubl|[[Airbus]] (37.5%) | [[BAE Systems]] (37.5%) | [[Leonardo (company)|Leonardo]] (25%) }}
| divisions = MBDA France<br />[[MBDA UK]]<br />MBDA Italy<br />[[MBDA Deutschland GmbH|MBDA Germany]]<br />MBDA Spain
| subsid = Matra Electronique<br />GDI Simulation<br />[[Bayern-Chemie]]<br />[[TDW]]<br />MBDA Inc.
| homepage = {{url|mbda-systems.com}}
| footnotes = 
}}

'''MBDA''' is a European [[multinational corporation]] specialized in the design, development and manufacturing of [[Missile|missiles]] and related systems.<ref>[http://www.mbda-systems.com/mbda/site/ref/scripts/EN_Locations_38.html MBDA • European centres of excellence] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206102906/http://www.mbda-systems.com/mbda/site/ref/scripts/EN_Locations_38.html |date=2010-12-06 }}</ref><ref name="mbdainc">[http://www.mbdainc.com/corporate/ MBDA Inc. US Division Corporate Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714060129/http://www.mbdainc.com/corporate/ |date=2011-07-14 }}</ref> Headquartered in [[Le Plessis-Robinson]], [[France]], the company was founded in December 2001 via the [[Mergers and acquisitions|merger]] of three of the most prominent European missile systems companies: the French [[Aérospatiale|Aérospatiale Matra Missiles]], the Anglo-French [[Matra BAe Dynamics]] and the missile division of the Anglo-Italian [[Alenia Marconi Systems]]. These businesses were subsidiaries of EADS (now called [[Airbus]]), [[BAE Systems]] and Finmeccanica (now [[Leonardo (company)|Leonardo]]), and all three remain MBDA's parent companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mbda-systems.com/about-us/history/ |title=History |access-date=2019-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928003319/https://www.mbda-systems.com/about-us/history/ |archive-date=2018-09-28  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=MBDA - Company Profile|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1720864Z:LN|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref>

MBDA employs around 13,000 people worldwide as of 2023 and, despite being an integrated company, has maintained national [[Division (business)|divisions]] since its creation: MBDA France (over 6,000 employees), [[MBDA UK]] (over 4,000) and MBDA Italy (1852).<ref name="mbdaworldwide">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mbda-systems.com/about-us/mbda-worldwide/ |title=MBDA WORLDWIDE |access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref><ref name="mbdahistory">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mbda-systems.com/about-us/history/ |title=MBDA HISTORY |access-date=2022-05-24}}</ref> They were formed by simply grouping in their respective countries the assets and activities of the various French, British and Italian businesses that had merged to create MBDA.

In March 2006, LFK-Lenkflugkörpersysteme GmbH, the [[Germany|German]] missile subsidiary of [[EADS]], was acquired by MBDA and in 2010, an office was opened in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mbda-systems.com/about-us/history/ |title=History |access-date=2019-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928003319/https://www.mbda-systems.com/about-us/history/ |archive-date=2018-09-28  }}</ref> leading to the formation of two additional national divisions: [[MBDA Germany]] (1,200 employees) and MBDA Spain (25).<ref name="mbdaworldwide">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mbda-systems.com/about-us/mbda-worldwide/ |title=MBDA WORLDWIDE |access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref>

In 2023, MBDA generated €4.5 billion in revenue. It works with over 90 armed forces worldwide and also has a number of subsidiaries, including one in the [[United States]], MBDA Inc (50 employees).<ref name="mbdaworldwide">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mbda-systems.com/about-us/mbda-worldwide/ |title=MBDA WORLDWIDE |access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref>