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MBDA: acquired a company that produces microchips for missiles

Objective: to avoid the US production

After the decision of the United States to stop the sale to France of SCALP cruise missiles to Egypt since they have American production chips inside them, MBDA has announced that together with the microchip manufacturer Soitec it is acquiring Dolphin Integration, which deals with the design of low-power chips. The European missile company has declared that this will serve to "revive the company in...

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Paris, France, 08/24/2018 09:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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