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DSTL awards complex weapons deal to MBDA
The UK’s Defence Science Technology Laboratory has awarded a new contract to pan-European missile and defence systems manufacturer MBDA to lead on the new Complex Weapons Innovations and Technology Partnership
Typhoon to wield future anti-ship missile from 2030
The UK Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon will field the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon by the beginning of the next decade
Elements of Type 31 Sea Ceptor will be GFE
Following the contract announcement that MBDA’s Sea Ceptor air defence missile system will be fitted to the UK’s future Type 31 frigate, it can be confirmed that some components will be drawn from in-service systems currently being utilised by the Royal Navy as Government Furnished Equipment
Tempest fighter to offer UK economic windfall
A newly released report by PricewaterhouseCoopers has stated the UK’s Tempest programme, intended to deliver a sixth-generation fighter fully in to service from 2040, will provide a significant boost to the national economy over the next 30 years
Storm Shadow makes combat debut with Typhoon
An RAF-operated Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 has fired MBDA's Storm Shadow for the first time in combat, having used the air-launched cruise missile to strike a target in Iraq on March 10
Greece officially orders Rafales, associated support services and munitions
Greece’s acquisition of 18 Dassault Rafale multi-role fighters from France marked a major milestone on January 25 after the nation’s government signed three contracts covering the aircraft order, associated support services and munitions
UK orders MBDA to launch SPEAR3 missile production
MBDA revealed on January 6 that the UK has contracted it to launch the production of its SPEAR3 network enabled miniature cruise missile, which will become the primary air-to-ground weapon of the nation’s F-35B fleet
MBDA to integrate Meteor onto KF-X
European missile manufacturer, MBDA, has been contracted to integrate its Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) onto South Korea's future KF-X multirole fighter.
European Union green lights MBDA TWISTER project
The Council of the European Union has given missile developer MBDA the green light to develop its Timely Warning and Interception with Space-based TheatER surveillance (TWISTER) missile defence project.
ANALYSIS: MBDA reveals new missiles for Tempest
EUROPEAN MISSILE manufacturer MBDA showed a range of weapon concepts that could be further developed under the Tempest future fighter programme at the Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) show in London in September.