Our Vision and Strategy

MBDA is a unique and successful model of a European integrated defence company at the core of the sovereignty of our nations.

With more than 18,000 people working together across France, the UK, Italy, Germany and Spain, our large European footprint gives us the critical mass to compete in the global complex weapon systems market. 

We’re driven by excellence to meet the needs of our customers, both today and in the future.

To be the European complex weapons leader and a global player

Partnering

Developing a partnering relationship and secure access to sovereign capabilities for our Home Nations.

Partnering

Developing a partnering relationship and secure access to sovereign capabilities for our Home Nations:

  • Continue implementing and developing the intimate partnering relationship we have built in our domestic countries
  • Supporting the development of a European defence policy, setting the objective of ‘European strategic autonomy’ and recognising the contribution of the defence industry in achieving this objective

Cooperation

Promoting programme cooperation and industrial consolidation in Europe.

Cooperation

Promoting programme cooperation and industrial consolidation in Europe:

  • Mature new cooperations and cross-procurement opportunities
  • Build up the critical mass of common interests to further enlarge cooperation programmes to other European countries
  • Implement and enlarge the principles of mutual dependence and specialisation across our industrial perimeter
  • Capitalise on our model of industrial integration to develop further industrial consolidation across Europe

Growing

Growing export sales and building strategic partnerships beyond Europe with our Home Nations’ allies.

Growing

Growing export sales and building strategic partnerships beyond Europe with our Home Nations’ allies:

  • Building up the critical mass allowing larger investment capabilities in technologies and future products, and to develop our international footprint and demonstrating global competitiveness
  • Developing robust and sustainable partnerships with our Home Nations’ allies

Performance

Continuing development of a competitive and high performance offering across complex weapon systems domains.

Performance

Continuing development of a competitive & high performance offering across complex weapon systems domains:

  • Adapting to the quickly evolving operational requirements of our customers who continually face new challenges during military operations
  • Optimising systems integration capabilities thanks to open system architectures and modularity and re-use development policies
  • Maintaining technology leadership through innovative R&D cooperation schemes and access to complementary and innovative funding sources
  • Continuing investments in new types of innovative effects (Directed Energy Weapons, Counter-measures, etc.), technologies (Artificial Intelligence, target identification, hypersonic, etc.), and associated techniques (combination of effects, swarming, packs, fast targeting, complex mission planning, navigation in a contested environment, etc.)

Excellence

Delivering operational excellence and maintaining industry leadership.

Excellence

Delivering operational excellence and maintaining industry leadership:

  • Delivering on our promises wherever we have commitments
  • Maintaining operational excellence and improving competitiveness
  • Efficiently collaborating with platforms providers as well as our suppliers to create and maintain a reliable supply chain that is competitive, innovative and sustainable

  • Partnering

  • Cooperation

  • Growing

  • Performance

  • Excellence

A European integrated defence company

Airbus

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BAE systems

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Leonardo

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Bayern-Chemie

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Bayern-Chemie

Solid fuel propulsion systems

The company has more than 50 years of experience in solid fuel missile propulsion. Bayern-Chemie GmbH develops, produces, refurbishes and modernises solid fuel propulsion systems for tactical guided missiles and other gas dynamics systems. 

Bayern-Chemie GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of MBDA Deutschland. 

www.bayern-chemie.com

GDI Simulation

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GDI Simulation

Simulation systems and services

GDI Simulation is one of the leading French players in simulation for the French Armed Forces. It develops, assembles, integrates and maintains simulation systems for ground vehicles and for MBDA battlefield missiles, for the French and foreign armed forces. It has recognised competence in eye-safe laser based systems and provides crucial services and support to the land based training centres of the French Army.

GDI Simulation is a wholy owned subsidiary of MBDA France. 

www.gdi-simulation.fr/

Matra Electronique

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Matra Electronique

High-tech electronic assemblies

Founded in 1975 for the design, development and production of electrical and electronic equipment Matra Electronique has, since then, extended its field of operations to include aerospace, oil exploration and medical equipment. 

Matra Electronique is a wholy owned subsidiary of MBDA France.

www.matra-electronique.com

MBDA Inc.

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MBDA Inc.

Meeting the unique needs of the US warfighter

MBDA Inc. leverages the best of MBDA’s global expertise, products, and technical innovation to meet the unique needs of the US warfighter. With products like the Dual Mode Brimstone® missile, Viper-E munition, and Diamond Back® wing kits for the Small Diameter Bomb, MBDA offers integrated solutions from systems engineering through to full production. 

MBDA Inc. is an American corporation that is legally organised in the State of Delaware. Through a Special Security Agreement (SSA), MBDA Inc. is authorised to do business with the U.S. Department of Defense. An independent Board of Directors governs MBDA Inc. to ensure freedom from outside influence and compliance with US Government Security & Export regulations.

www.mbdainc.com

NEODE Systems

NEODE Systems
NEODE Systems

NEODE Systems

Digital excellence alongside the Forces

NEODE Systems is reshaping Artificial Intelligence in an agile development way along with digital technologies adapted to the defense sector, to be deployed at short notice to the field.

The objective is to guarantee the operational superiority of our armed forces by anticipating technology disruptions and ensuring unprecedented responsiveness in the field of defense.

NEODE Systems is a wholy owned subsidiary of MBDA.

www.neode-systems.com

ROXEL

ROXEL
ROXEL

ROXEL

European leader in tactical propulsion systems

Roxel designs, develops, manufactures and sells solid propulsion systems and related equipment for all types of rockets and tactical and cruise missiles for air, sea and ground forces. The company is the European leader in tactical propulsion systems and the third largest in the world.

In addition, Roxel designs and supplies pyromechanisms, gas generators and a standardised family of motors for the decoy system, target and drone markets.

Roxel is a wholy owned subsidiary of MBDA.

www.roxelgroup.com

TDW

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TDW

Warheads and warhead systems

TDW GmbH is experienced in the design and manufacture of warheads and warhead systems including the associated fuzes and safety and arming devices. Among TDW’s high performance products are shaped charge systems for anti-tank missiles, fragmentation warheads for air-defence and air-to-air missiles, as well as anti-aircraft lethality enhancers. In addition, TDW develops the lethal packages for new anti-ship missiles with land attack capabilities as well as insensitive torpedo warheads.

TDW GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of MBDA Deutschland.

www.tdw-warhead-systems.com

CILAS

CILAS
CILAS

CILAS

Laser products and optical solutions

CILAS is a specialized equipment supplier offering cross-functional technologies. It designs, develops, produces and sells laser products and optical solutions for military and civil applications.

The company develops and produce solutions designed to support France’s sovereignty and strategic independence, while also facilitating the company’s European positioning and export opportunities.

MBDA and Safran Electronics & Defense own 63% stake in CILAS. 
The acquisition was carried out through a joint company created for the purpose called HMS Laser, equally owned by Safran Electronics & Defense and MBDA.

CILAS
Orléans - FRANCE

www.cilas.com

COMLOG

COMLOG
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COMLOG

Logistics support of PATRIOT missiles in Europe

COMLOG was founded to provide unparalleled logistics support of PATRIOT missiles in Europe. 
The company’s primary field of activity is the logistic support of PATRIOT MIM-104 missiles with the aim of maintaining operational capability. COMLOG establishes new capability and enhances capacity to integrate new GEM-T Missile Rounds (MRs) at the COMLOG facility in Germany to meet the large-scale missile demand for Europe.

Its prime customer is the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), which operates on behalf of the European PATRIOT user countries and the US Army.

COMLOG Gesellschaft für Logistik mbH is a 50-50 joint venture by MBDA Deutschland GmbH and Raytheon Procurement Company, Inc.

COMLOG Gesellschaft für Logistik mbH
Schrobenhausen - GERMANY

https://comlog-patriot.com/comlog/

EUROSAM

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EUROSAM

Prime contractor for the SAMP/T and PAAMS programmes

EUROSAM is the industrial prime contractor and system design authority for the development, production, marketing and sales of the Aster missile-based range of medium and long range naval and ground-launched air defence systems under the aegis of the FSAF programme (Famille de missiles Sol-Air Futurs or Future Surface-to-Air Family of missiles).

These systems were developed under contract from the French and Italian Governments. These called for naval and ground-launched missiles capable of defeating threats as diverse as high-speed tactical missiles (supersonic sea-skimmers, air-launched, anti-radiation, cruise, TBMs amongst others) and highly manoeuvring aircraft in a possible saturation attack scenario.

EUROSAM is a joint venture between MBDA France and MBDA Italy (66,6%) and Thales (33,3%).

EUROSAM
Le Plessis-Robinson - FRANCE

www.eurosam.com

L&T MBDA Missile Systems Limited

L&T MBDA Missile Systems Limited
L&T MBDA Missile Systems Limited

L&T MBDA Missile Systems Limited

L&T MBDA Missile Systems Limited

L&T MBDA Missile Systems Limited brings together a range of world leading skills in defence and beyond.

It supports the Government of India's drive towards the indigenization of the defence sector under the Make in India initiative with the clear objective of developing, manufacturing and supplying highly advanced missiles and missile systems to the Indian armed forces.

L&T MBDA Missile Systems Limited is a Joint Venture between Larsen & Toubro (51%) - India's multinational engineering conglomerate – and MBDA (49%).

L&T MBDA Missile Systems Limited
Mumbai - INDIA

https://www.lntmbda.com/

PARSYS Gmbh

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PARSYS Gmbh

Prime contractor for the PAR 3 LR guided missile programme

PARSYS GmbH is the prime contractor for the PARS 3 LR guided missile – primary armament of the Tiger helicopter of the German Army.

PARSYS GmbH is a joint venture of MBDA Deutschland GmbH (50%) and Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG (50%).

PARSYS GmbH
Schrobenhausen - GERMANY

RAM-System GmbH

RAM-System GmbH
RAM-System GmbH

RAM-System GmbH

Prime contractor for RAM naval self-defence missile system in Europe

RAM-System GmbH is a joint venture in charge of programme management and marketing of the RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) naval self-defence missile system in Europe. RAM-System also controls the German share in the US ESSM and Standard Missile SM-2 production programmes.

RAM-System GmbH is owned by MBDA Deutschland (50%), Diehl Stiftung (25%) and Diehl BGT Defence (25%).

RAM-System GmbH
Ottobrunn - GERMANY

SAMI-MBDA Missile Systems

SAMI-MBDA Missile Systems
SAMI-MBDA Missile Systems

SAMI-MBDA Missile Systems

 Building a tactical missile industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

SAMI-MBDA Missile Systems’ objective is part of Vision 2030, reinforcing and strengthening Saudi Arabia’s indigenous capabilities and empowering nationals with the knowledge and skills to build a robust defense industry ecosystem.

The joint venture will propose its own missile systems in the Kingdom, adapted to the current and future requirements of the Saudi Royal Forces, namely Land Forces, Air Forces, Air Defense Forces, Naval Forces, as well as the National Guard.

SAMI-MBDA Missile Systems is a joint venture between SAMI (Saudi Arabian Military Industries) (51%) and MBDA (49%).

SAMI-MBDA Missile Systems
Riyadh - SAUDI ARABIA

TAURUS SYSTEMS GmbH

TAURUS SYSTEMS GmbH
TAURUS SYSTEMS GmbH

TAURUS SYSTEMS GmbH

Prime contractor for the TAURUS KEPD 350 weapon system

Taurus Systems GmbH is a centre of excellence acting as prime contractor and design authority for the TAURUS KEPD 350E weapon system and its future derivatives. It is a competent industrial co-operation partner thanks to its unique experience from a range of cooperation programs, system design skills and development capabilities.

The competence of the company covers every aspect in the area of Stand-off Weapon Systems ranging from initial concept studies to fully developed, ready-to-operate integrated system solutions, such as Effects-Based Operations. Taurus Systems GmbH also supports those solutions during the whole life cycle of each weapon system and offers continuous adaptation to emerging requirements.

Taurus Systems GmbH is owned by MBDA Deutschland GmbH (67%) and Saab Dynamics AB (33%).

Taurus Systems GmbH
Schrobenhausen - GERMANY

www.taurus-systems.de
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