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F-35 weapon capability enhancements for the UK and Italy

Air September 24, 2021

BAE Systems and MBDA have secured additional funding to complete the development and integration of next generation weapons capabilities on the UK and Italian F-35 fleets. This builds on the successful integration work that commenced in 2019 by BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and MBDA to upgrade the UK F-35 weapon systems. The ...

F-35 Lightning missile contract worth £550m signed

Air January 7, 2021

The Defence Minister, Jeremy Quin, has announced a £550 million contract for new surface-attack missiles will secure hundreds of UK jobs and provide unrivalled lethality for the UK’s F-35 B Lightning jets. Known as SPEAR3, the next-generation missile can travel long distances at high-subsonic speed and over the next decade will ...

MBDA undertakes successful Sea Venom/ANL trial

Maritime March 12, 2020

MBDA has successfully carried out the first qualification firing trial of the Sea Venom/ANL anti-ship missile at the DGA Essais de missiles (DGA EM) test site at Ile Du Levant. The missile was launched from a Dauphin helicopter close to the minimum release height, reaching its cruise phase whilst sea skimming at very low height. ...

Future Combat Air System takes major step forward

Air February 18, 2020

The governments of France and Germany have awarded Dassault Aviation, Airbus, together with their partners MTU Aero Engines, Safran, MBDA and Thales, the initial framework contract (Phase 1A), which launches the demonstrator phase for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS). This framework contract covers a first period of 18 months and ...