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Thursday, February 12, 2009

45 French Navy Exocet MM40 Block2 missiles to be converted to Block3 standard

Exocet MM40 Block 3At the end of December 2008, the DGA (the French armament procurement agency) notified MBDA of an order for the conversion of 45 French Navy Exocet MM40 Block2 missiles into the Exocet MM40 Block3 standard.

The conversion will take place at MBDA’s production site in La Selles-Saint-Denis (Loir-et-Cher), for delivery in 2011 and 2012.

These missiles will enter service on board the “Horizon” frigates - Forbin and Chevalier-Paul – on which integration work on the associated firing installations was also completed in 2008.

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