- Alenia Marconi Systems
Infobox Defunct Company
company_name = Alenia Marconi Systems
company_
fate = Demerged
foundation = 23 December 1998
defunct = 3 May 2005
location =
successor = BAE Systems InsyteSELEX Sistemi Integrati Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS) was a major
Europe an integrated defence electronics company and an equal sharesjoint venture betweenBAE Systems andFinmeccanica until its dissolution on May 3, 2005.AMS was formed in 1998 by the
merger of GEC-Marconi Radar and Defence Systems andAlenia Difesa . Equal shares in the resulting company were then held by Finmeccanica, andGEC-Marconi (laterMarconi Electronic Systems (MES)), a division ofThe General Electric Company (GEC).With the
demerger and subsequent sale of its MES division in 1999, GEC's interest in AMS passed to BAE Systems.In 2001 AMS' missile systems division was merged with
Aerospatiale Matra Missiles andMatra BAe Dynamics to formMBDA .On October 7, 2003 the UK holding company for AMS changed its registered name from Alenia Marconi Systems Limited to AMS Limited to comply with the agreements reached regarding use of the name “Marconi” following the sale of Marconi Electronic Systems by GEC (later
Marconi plc ). This name change was reflected inrebranding across the company, although the Italian holding company retained the name Alenia Marconi Systems SpA.On January 28, 2005 BAE Systems and Finmeccanica announced the intention to dissolve their partnership in the AMS joint venture with AMS' UK and Italian operations taken over by the respective partners as arranged through the Eurosystems Transaction. On May 3, 2005, the Eurosystems Transaction was finalised:
*The UK operations of AMS (minusair traffic control and communication systems) brought together with theC4ISR division of BAE Systems (minus communication systems) to form the newBAE Systems Integrated System Technologies (Insyte) division of BAE Systems.
*The Italian operations of AMS (Alenia Marconi Systems SpA) becameSELEX Sistemi Integrati .Products
*Air traffic control
*Air defence systems
*Airport infrastructure
**Lighting
**Meteorological systems
*Command and control (C²)
*Communication systems
*Data link s
*Simulators etc
**Aerospace
**Military
*Radar - Civil and military
**Ground
**NavalSee also
*
Alenia Aeronautica
*Alenia Difesa
*Alenia Spazio External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/the_company_file/130305.stm BBC News: Defence merger on the radar (formation)]
* [http://www.baesystems.com/ BAE Systems website]
* [http://www.finmeccanica.it Finmeccanica website]
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