MBDA France poursuit ses projets malgré la crise et maintient un important plan de recrutement afin d’honorer ses engagements et commandes auprès de l’État français et de ses clients exports.

MBDA has received a contract valued at £550 million for production of the SPEAR missile system from the UK Ministry of Defence. SPEAR (known in UK service as SPEAR3) is a first-of-class network enabled miniature cruise missile. SPEAR will be the main medium-to-long-range strike weapon of the UK F-35 combat aircraft, enabling them to[...]

MBDA has carried out the first firing of an MMP missile from an ARQUUS Sabre special forces vehicle, as part of a firing campaign implemented with the support of the French Army and of the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA – French Procurement Agency).

The Sea Venom/ANL anti-ship missile has completed its qualification firings trials, with a successful final firing at the DGA test site at Ile Du Levant on 17 November.

French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly has announced that MBDA is to develop the Future Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile (MAST-F) program as the main French Army air to ground armament for the Tiger combat helicopter.

On October 20, 2020, the Suffren, the first-in-series of the six nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) in the Barracuda programme, successfully completed the test firing of an MdCN (Missile de Croisière Naval) naval cruise missile from the sea near the DGA missile test centre at Biscarrosse.

On the occasion of the Euronaval-Online exhibition, MBDA announces the commercial launch of its new VL MICA NG air defence system, based on the integration into the existing VL MICA system of the MICA NG (New Generation) anti-air missile, which began development in 2018 primarily to equip France’s Rafale combat aircraft.

MBDA a reçu le Trophée des Délais de Paiement mais est également la seule entreprise privée à avoir été nominée dans chacune des cinq catégories des Trophées Pacte PME.

MBDA has been accredited as Investor in Innovations Standard by the Institute of and Knowledge Exchange Innovation (IKE Institute) as a recognition of its good practices and adherence to the newly published ISO 56002 Innovation Management System standard.