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{{Short description|Torpedo consortium}} {{more references|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox company | name = EuroTorp | logo = EuroTorp logo.png | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | trade_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = <!-- Use ISO 639-1 code, e.g. "fr" for French. For multiple names in different languages, use {{Lang|[code]|[name]}} in native_name = and leave native_name_lang = empty. --> | romanized_name = | former_name = | type = | traded_as = | ISIN = | industry = [[Defence industry]] | genre = | fate = | predecessor = <!-- or: | predecessors = --> | successor = <!-- or: | successors = --> | founded = <!-- if known: {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} in [[city]], country -->1993 | founder = <!-- or: | founders = --> | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | hq_location = | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = | num_locations = | num_locations_year = <!-- Year of num_locations data (if known) --> | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = | products = Torpedoes | brands = | production = | production_year = <!-- Year of production data (if known) --> | services = | revenue = | revenue_year = <!-- Year of revenue data (if known) --> | operating_income = | income_year = <!-- Year of operating_income data (if known) --> | net_income = <!-- or: | profit = --> | net_income_year = <!-- or: | profit_year = --><!-- Year of net_income/profit data (if known) --> | aum = <!-- Only for financial-service companies --> | assets = | assets_year = <!-- Year of assets data (if known) --> | equity = | equity_year = <!-- Year of equity data (if known) --> | owner = [[Leonardo S.p.A.]]<br> [[Naval Group]]<br> [[Thales]] | members = | members_year = <!-- Year of members data (if known) --> | num_employees = | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | module = <!-- Used to embed other templates --> | ratio = <!-- Basel III ratio; used for banks only --> | rating = <!-- Credit rating; used for banks only --> | website = https://www.eurotorp.com/ | footnotes = }} '''[[European economic interest grouping|GEIE]] EuroTorp''' is a [[consortium]] that produces the [[MU90 Impact|MU90 anti-submarine torpedo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our product β Eurotorp β World Leader in LWT systems |url=https://www.eurotorp.com/our-product/ |access-date=22 May 2024 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> EuroTorp was formed in July 1993 by French and Italian defense companies after their governments signed a [[memorandum of understanding]] on industrial cooperation for the development of a common lightweight torpedo.<ref name=timeline/> The following companies make up EuroTorp: *[[Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei]] S.p.A. (WASS): 50% *[[Naval Group]] (previously DCNS Group) for and on behalf of DCNS, through DCN/SC/Stz:{{clarify|date=May 2024}} 26% *[[Thales Group|Thales]] (previously Thomson-CSF) through [[Thales Underwater Systems]]: 24%<ref name=timeline>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurotorp.com/html/prod472.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209211239/http://www.eurotorp.com/html/prod472.htm|url-status=dead|title=Eurotorp|archive-date=9 December 2007|website=www.eurotorp.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=OCCAR - Successful First Progress Meeting of Light Weight Torpedo (LWT) Programme Stakeholders |url=https://www.occar.int/news/successful-first-progress-meeting-of-light-weight-torpedo-lwt-programme-stakeholders |website=www.occar.int |publisher=[[OCCAR]]}}</ref> EuroTorp's role is to develop, manufacture and market the MU90 and associated torpedo launching systems. As the designated contractor for lightweight torpedoes, it was initially also responsible for Italy's remaining [[A244-S]] torpedoes,<ref name=timeline/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Richardson |first1=Doug |title=Killing the Lurking Submarine |journal=European Security & Defence |date=2021 |volume=6 |page=55 |url=https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ESD_6_2021_WEB.pdf |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref> which are now no longer used by France and Italy. EuroTorp is also responsible for logistical support, achieving compliance with operational specifications, integration on launching platforms, and the development of new systems such as the "Hard Kill" and submarine-launched versions of the MU90. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20181010013054/http://www.eurotorp.com/ EuroTorp] {{Leonardo-Finmeccanica}} [[Category:Technology consortia]] [[Category:Technology companies established in 1993]] [[Category:Defence companies of Italy]] [[Category:Defence companies of France]] [[Category:Italian companies established in 1993]] [[Category:French companies established in 1993]] [[Category:Companies based in Provence-Alpes-CΓ΄te d'Azur]]
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