MBDA’s new high-tech manufacturing facility in Bolton has today been officially opened by the Rt. Hon. Gavin Williamson MP, UK Secretary of State for Defence. The cutting-edge facility houses some 670 highly-skilled design, engineering and manufacturing employees and is being used for the production of inert missile equipment and systems. An opening ceremony conducted[...]

A l’occasion de sa visite le 15 juin sur le site MBDA de Bourges Aéroport, principal site en Europe pour la production d’éléments mécaniques et électromécaniques de missiles, la ministre des armées Florence Parly a signé avec Antoine Bouvier, CEO de MBDA, une convention « Action PME ». A l’occasion de cette visite, Antoine[...]

Estonia will acquire Mistral short range air defence missiles/ man portable surface to air missiles, training missiles, simulators and testing and maintenance equipment from European missile manufacturer MBDA under a 50 million euros contract. The first systems will be delivered in 2020. The contract between the Estonian Centre for Defence Investment (ECDI) and MBDA[...]

Paris, France – The leading European missile systems designer and producer MBDA and unmanned vehicles manufacturer Milrem Robotics will begin developing the world’s first unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) specially designed for anti-tank purposes. The joint project will feature the IMPACT (Integrated MMP Precision Attack Combat Turret) system from MBDA that will be integrated onto[...]

Estonia nabędzie pociski przeciwlotnicze i przenośne wyrzutnie rakiet przeciwlotniczych klasy MANPADS Mistral, trenażery i sprzęt symulacyjny oraz wyposażenie wymagane do konserwacji systemu. Wszystkie te komponenty Tallin otrzyma od europejskiego dostawcy MBDA. Kontrakt jest warty 50 milionów euro, a dostawy pierwszych systemów nastąpią w 2020 r. Kontrakt podpisany między Estońskim Centrum Inwestycji Obronnych (ECDI) i[...]

Licorne is now the first C2 system capable of incorporating anti-drone resources alongside traditional air defence assets, such as gun and missile systems The compact Licorne system offers forward-deployed forces a first level of co-ordination with VSHORAD systems Licorne integrates with higher command levels to support the upscaling of air defence systems for more[...]

In May this year, the French Army conducted a training campaign of firings in preparation for the next operational deployment of the MMP missile. In parallel, a number of additional firings were made to test the capacity of the system beyond its normal operating range. The result was that two firings were made over[...]

MBDA’s Sea Venom/ANL missile has successfully completed its second development firing from a French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA – Direction Générale de l’Armement) Panther test helicopter at Ile Du Levant in southeast France. The firing, which took place on 18 April 2018, highlighted Sea Venom/ANL’s lock on after launch (LOAL) capabilities. It also validated[...]

MBDA’s Land Ceptor air defence system has successfully destroyed its target during an end-to-end system demonstration firing at the Vidsel Test Range in Sweden, an important milestone for the project prior to entry to service with the British Army. Land Ceptor utilises the proven Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) currently in production and delivering[...]