on symbolic and algebraic computation see international symposium on symbolic and algebraic computation . eurosam gie type private joint venture industry aerospace founded june 1989 headquarters paris france products naval and air defence missiles owner mbda france 33.3 % mbda italy 33.3 % thales group 33.3 % website www.eurosam.com eurosam gie is a european manufacturer of anti air missiles . 1 eurosam was established in june 1989 for the development of the famille de missiles sol air futurs future surface to air family of missiles or fsaf . eurosam was initially a joint venture between a rospatiale alenia and thomson csf . now a rospatiale is a part of mbda more precisely of the french branch of mbda and missile and missile systems activities of alenia are now the italian branch of mbda . thomson csf is now the thales group . thus eurosam is owned by mbda france and italy 66 % and thales group 33 % . 2 3 4 contents 1 aster missiles 2 ground launched systems 3 naval systems 4 anti air application 5 building block architecture 6 applications 7 references aster missiles edit as originally envisaged under the contract for phase 1 signed in may 1990 the fsaf involved the use of the aster 15 and aster 30 missiles in the following applications 5 saam syst me anti air missile naval autodefence saam fr using the aster 15 on charles de gaulle aircraft carrier saam it using the aster 15 on the cavour aircraft carrier samp t sol air moyenne port e terrestre or ground to air medium range missile system using aster 30 missiles in batteries and arabel radar ground launched systems edit gbad system with dual abt and atbm capability samp t is a fully autonomous self propelled system with truck mounted modules . each system typically includes a fire control unit with a multi function radar mri and an engagement module me and launching elements with up to 6 vertical launch platforms mlt using for aster 30 missiles . samp t boasts the unique capability of being able to simultaneously engage tbms and abts coming from any direction . naval systems edit on november 17 2011 the french navy air defence frigate chevalier paul successfully tested its paams air defence system . it was the longest range intercept to date for the eurosam system with any paams system whether italian british or french . meanwhile hms defender the royal navy s fifth type 45 destroyer equipped with the paams uk system christened sea viper completed its initial sea trials before returning to the shipyard in glasgow . anti air application edit in august 1999 fsaf was extended to include paams the principal anti air missile system . paams uses both aster 15 and aster 30 missiles for self defence local area defence and long range area defence . paams is managed by europaams a joint venture between eurosam 66 % and mbda subsidiary ukams 33 % . mbda also owns 66 % of eurosam in effect giving it a 77 % share of the project . mbda is itself owned by bae eads and finmeccanica paams is to be deployed on the 4 french italian horizon frigates and 6 british type 45 destroyers . building block architecture edit eurosam s air defence systems are based on a modular architecture with specific modules or building blocks which can be combined to precisely tailor each system . a basic system consists of one multi function radar a command and control post with mara computers and magics operator consoles and a vertical launch system . additional sub systems can be added to optimize the basic system s capabilities for specific missions such as naval extended area defense or anti ballistic missile defense . applications edit in march 1998 saudi arabia signed a contract for the saam system aster 15 to be fitted to its dcn al riyadh class frigates . in august 2011 turkey s national air and missile competition has attracted bids from a u.s. partnership of raytheon and lockheed martin offering the patriot air defense system ; russia s rosoboronexport marketing the s 300 ; china s cpmiec china precision machinery export import corp. offering its hq 9 ; and eurosam s samp t aster 30 . 6 7 eurosam has delivered to date 14 units to italy and france including 2 first of class units . france will deploy 10 samp t in 5 air defence squadrons 4 of which are currently equipped or being equipped . the italian army will regroup 5 samp t units in one regiment in mantova with 4 already delivered . 8 mbda has offered to sell the arabel radar to poland with the arabel radar 30 . poland s mon has announced the wisla program s finalists raytheon s patriot with options offer and eurosam s samp t mamba system that uses the aster 30 references edit eurosam website europe s weapons makers launch operation market shield november 28 2010 beyond patriot the multinational meads air defense program jun 20 2013 eurosam high tier air defence 13 june 2013 nato warns turkey against chinese russian systems aug. 2 2011 missile shopping turkey to buy long range missile system june 30 2012 eurosam samp t scores again 2008 march 2013 v t e thales group divisions and subsidiaries thales air defence thales australia thales communications thales navigation thales nederland thales optronics thales rail signalling solutions thales training & simulation thales underwater systems joint ventures dcns 25 % eurosam 33 % soteria search and rescue telespazio 33 % thales alenia space 67 % thalesraytheonsystems 50 % products an prc 148 blowpipe bushmaster protected mobility vehicle hawkei digital joint reconnaissance pod eurocat goalkeeper ciws javelin lightweight multirole missile mw08 s1850m seltrac smart l sonar 2076 sonar 2087 starstreak swarm watchkeeper wk450 predecessors racal thomson csf thomson marconi sonar category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eurosam & oldid 647612768 categories defence companiesaerospace companiesguided missile manufacturersthales group joint venturesfrance italy relations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa olfran aisnederlandssuomi edit links this page was last modified on 17 february 2015 at 21 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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