DefenceTalkAt the ILA Berlin Air Show, MBDA and Lockheed Martin business leaders celebrated 10 years of development cooperation on the MEADSTM program. A definitive $3.4B USD contract was awarded that represented the three partner nations’ commitment to the development of the next-generation air and missile defense (AMD) system. Today, a mature MEADS has successfully completed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-mbda-push-meads-program-at-berlin-show-59676/

DefenceTalkThe army is a step closer to receiving a new multi-million-pound air defence missile system thanks to an investment by MOD. Missile company MBDA UK has been awarded a £36 million contract to explore what capabilities a land version of an air defence system could offer the UK armed forces. The Future Local Area Air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-mod-invests-in-new-army-air-defence-missile-59475/

DefenceTalkMBDA’s MMP (Missile Moyenne Portée) program has passed a major phase in its development. MBDA has just demonstrated the firing capabilities of its MMP missile in an operational configuration. The launch tests were carried out in a confined space in the presence of the operator, using his firing post, and the team leader. The success […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mbda-demonstrates-mmp-firing-from-confined-spaces-59403/

DefenceTalkBritain and France will develop new anti-ship missiles in a 500-million project that stems from a major defence cooperation agreement, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said Thursday. The multi-national group MBDA has been awarded the contract to produce the helicopter-mounted missiles, which use sophisticated homing technology to attack small and medium-sized targets. The Royal Navy will […]https://www.defencetalk.com/britain-france-sign-anti-ship-missile-deal-59161/

DefenceTalkMBDA welcomes the signature of the Demonstration and Manufacture contract for the FASGW(H) / ANL (Future Anti Surface Guided Weapon (Heavy)/ Anti Navire Léger) missile on 27th March 2014. This jointly funded Anglo-French contract, valued at more than £500 million (€600 million) has been awarded to MBDA by the UK DE&S (Defence Equipment & Support) […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mbda-to-develop-fasgwh-anl-nexgen-anglo-french-anti-ship-missile-59163/

DefenceTalkAt the DIMDEX exhibition in Doha, Qatar (25-27 March 2014), MBDA is presenting for the first time ever a new coastal defence system based on the Marte missile family. This system, the Marte Coastal Defence System (MCDS), guarantees maritime coastal traffic surveillance and interdiction to hostile ships in territorial waters. The system is capable of: […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mbda-presents-the-marte-coastal-defense-system-59117/

DefenceTalkEurofighter partner company Alenia Aermacchi has confirmed that the first in a major series of flight tests to integrate the MBDA Storm Shadow missile onto Eurofighter Typhoon has now taken place. Initial flight trials to demonstrate that the missile can be safely carried have been successfully started. The trials began on 27th November, by the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eurofighter-typhoon-flight-tests-with-storm-shadow-missile-started-49762/

DefenceTalkThe Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) has recently conducted an operational naval VL MICA missile firing from the Al Shamikh Ocean Patrol Vessel (OPV), a Khareef class constructed by BAE Systems. This live firing took place at the French MoD’s test range off the coast of the Ile du Levant in the Mediterranean Sea under […]https://www.defencetalk.com/vl-mica-missile-fired-from-omani-opv-49397/

DefenceTalkThe New Zealand MoD has confirmed its preferred tenderers for the Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN) ANZAC Frigate Systems Upgrade project to include MBDA as the provider of Sea Ceptor for the Local Area Air Defence (LAAD) system; subject to the New Zealand (NZ) Government’s final approval to proceed. Sea Ceptor will equip frigates HMNZ […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-zealand-selects-sea-ceptor-air-defence-system-for-anzac-frigates-49288/

DefenceTalkSingapore Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen has announced the acquisition of MBDA Aster 30 medium-range air-defense missiles in a reply to a question in Parliament. The Aster will eplace the I-Hawks currently in service. The statement also described how the Aster 30s would fit into the island-state’s layered air defense. Ng also said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/singapore-to-buy-aster-30-missiles-upgrade-f-16-fighters-49076/