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==Matra Hautes Technologies==
''Matra Hautes Technologies'' (''MHT'') was the defence arm of the firm. The division was involved in [[aerospace]], defence and [[telecommunications]].

During 1990, Matra Espace and the aerospace division of British electronics specialist [[GEC Marconi]] merged, creating ''Matra Marconi Space''; the company had claimed this entity to have been the leading aerospace company in the European market at the time.<ref name = "officialhistory 19811991">{{cite web |url = https://www.lagardere.com/group/history/1981-1991-534.html |title = History: 1981-1991 |publisher = Lagardere |access-date = 26 March 2020}}</ref> Six years later, Matra Défense and British missile manufacturer [[BAe Dynamics]] merged to form [[Matra BAe Dynamics]], a leading weapons manufacturer in Europe as well as the third largest in the world at the time.<ref name = "officialhistory 19921999"/> During February 1999, MHT merged with French aerospace conglomerate [[Aérospatiale]] to form [[Aérospatiale-Matra]]. On 10 July 2000, Aérospatiale-Matra merged with [[Spain|Spanish]] aircraft company [[CASA (aircraft manufacturer)|CASA]] and [[Germany|German]] aerospace firm [[DASA]] to become part of [[Airbus|EADS]], which subsequently became the [[Airbus|Airbus Group]].<ref name = "aeromatra 1999">{{cite web |url = https://www.airbus.com/content/dam/corporate-topics/financial-and-company-information/Aerospatiale-Matra-Annual-Report-1999.pdf |title = Annual Report 1999 |publisher = Aérospatiale-Matra |date = 1999}}</ref>

===Divisions (as of Aérospatiale merger)===
* Matra Défense
* Matra Systèmes & Information
* [[Matra BAe Dynamics]] (50% [[British Aerospace]]), formed in 1996, Matra BAe Dynamics brought together the missile business of BAe ([[BAe Dynamics]]) and half of the missile business of Matra Défense. (The other half remained as [[Aerospatiale Matra Missiles]]).
* [[Matra Marconi Space]] (49% [[General Electric Company|GEC]]), was the space division of Matra which merged with the space operations of GEC ([[Marconi Space Systems]]) in 1989 to form Matra Marconi Space. In 2000, it was merged with the space division of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG ([[DaimlerChrysler Aerospace|DASA]]) to form [[EADS Astrium|Astrium]]. This was later renamed to EADS Astrium.
* Matra Nortel Communications (50% [[Nortel]])

===Weapons produced===
* [[R.511]] air to air missiles
* [[R.530]] air to air missiles
* [[Super 530]] air to air missiles
* [[R.550 Magic]] air to air missiles
* [[MICA (missile)|MICA]] air to air missiles
* [[R.422]] surface to air missiles
* [[Mistral (missile)|Mistral]] anti-aircraft missiles
* [[Martel (missile)|Martel]] anti-radar and anti-shipping missiles in association with [[Hawker Siddeley]]
* [[ARMAT]] anti-radar missiles
* [[Otomat]] anti-shipping missiles in association with [[Oto Melara]]
* [[BLG 66 Belouga]] cluster bombs
* [[Matra Durandal|Durandal]] anti-runway bombs
* Pods for the [[SNEB]] unguided rocket