Inmize Sistemas S.L. is a Spanish company which was formed on 6 February 2002 to integrate the experience and technology of the major Spanish defence companies in the guided weapons sector. Inmize is jointly owned by the Spanish IT

Information technology

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 company Indra Sistemas (40%), the European complex weapons systems company MBDA

MBDA

MBDA is a missile developer and manufacturer with operations in France, Britain, Germany, Italy, and the United States. It was formed by a merger of Aérospatiale-Matra Missiles , Finmeccanica and Matra BAe Dynamics in December 2001. In 2003 the company had 10,000 employees...

 (40%), the Spanish shipbuilder and naval combat system company, Navantia

Navantia

Navantia, formerly Bazán or IZAR, is a Spanish shipbuilding firm, which offers its services to both military and civil sector. It is the fifth largest shipbuilder in Europe, and the ninth largest in the world with shipyards all over Spain....

 (10%), which is integrated within the Spanish state holding company SEPI

SEPI

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales is a large state-owned Spanish industrial holding company. It is the successor of Instituto Nacional de Industria. The company controls all stocks owned by the Spanish State...

, and the Spanish subsidiary of the European aerospance and defence company EADS, EADS-CASA

Construcciones Aeronáuticas

EADS CASA was a Spanish aircraft manufacturer, previously Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA . It became the Spanish branch of EADS in 1999, and was absorbed by Airbus Military in 2009.-History:...

 (10%). The company is headquartered at Indra's facilities in San Fernando de Henares, near Madrid

Madrid

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. Its first contract involves participation in the design and development of the Meteor

MBDA Meteor

Meteor is an active radar guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile being developed by MBDA. It is to equip the Eurofighter Typhoons of the UK's Royal Air Force , Germany's Luftwaffe, Spain's Ejército del Aire and Italy's Aeronautica Militare Italiana, the British and Italian F-35s , the...

 Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM). Spain

Spain

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has a 10% workshare on the Meteor programme.