Brussels, 30/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has approved the creation of a joint-venture between the French firm Thales (formerly called Thomson-CSF) and the American firm Raytheon Co. The new firm will combine Thale's and Raytheon's respective activities in the field of air defence systems, comprising air operations command and control systems, battlefield systems and weapon location radars. For the requirements of its investigation, the Commission made a distinction...