Royal Navy’s Sea Viper to take on ballistic threats
21 Jan 2024
MBDA has received three contracts worth around £400 million to boost and sustain the Sea Viper principal area air defence system of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers.Two contracts, called Sea Viper Evolution, will enable the Type 45 Destroyers to...
The DragonFire laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) system has achieved the UK’s first high-power firing of a laser weapon against aerial targets during a trial at the MOD Hebrides Range. The latest trial, delivered by Dstl and the DragonFire partners...
MBDA’s Sea Ceptor to protect Poland’s Miecznik frigates
12 Jan 2024
MBDA has been awarded a contract by Poland to equip the Polish Navy’s three new Miecznik-class frigates with MBDA’s Sea Ceptor naval air defence system.Sea Ceptor is a latest generation naval air defence system that protects naval vessels and...
MBDA and Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) have signed an agreement to deepen co-operation. The agreement will see the companies explore new opportunities for the integration of new MBDA weapons onto KAI platforms and the export of both together via...
MBDA is pleased to announce it has signed a contract in Sweden to deliver Common Anti-air Modular Missiles (CAMMs) for the Swedish Armed Forces. The contract - signed between MBDA and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration FMV (Swedish...
TDW aumenterà significativamente la produzione di PARM
15 Nov 2023
La controllata di MBDA, TDW GmbH, si è aggiudicata un contratto per la produzione e la fornitura di 2.600 PARM alle Forze Armate tedesche. TDW e l'Ufficio Federale Equipaggiamenti, Information Technology e del In-Service Support della Bundeswehr...
MBDA has finalised an agreement with Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. (PGZ) for MBDA’s support for PGZ’s delivery of the NAREW air defence programme for the Polish Armed Forces. NAREW will provide Poland with a highly advanced mobile air defence system...
MBDA has received a contract from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) for the integration of the Mistral ATAM anti-air missile system on the Korean Marine Attack Helicopter (KMAH). Eric Béranger, CEO of MBDA said: “We are proud to be partnered again...
Successful firing of new generation Exocet missile from French frigate
28 Sep 2023
A successful firing, by the French navy, of the latest generation of MBDA’s Exocet missile – Mer-Mer 40 Block 3c (MM40 B3c) – took place from the multi-mission Alsace frigate (FREMM DA) off the coast of the DGA missile test centre (DGA EM) of Ile du...
Bundeswehr successfully concludes
laser weapon trials at sea
22 Sep 2023
Schrobenhausen, Düsseldorf 22 September 2023 - Laser Weapon Demonstrator (LWD) trials onboard the German frigate Sachsen have successfully been completed, following on from the integration of the LWD in June 2022. The High-Energy Laser Naval...
MBDA e Mitsubishi Electric: accordo di collaborazione per il dominio effetti a supporto della progettazione della piattaforma principale del GCAP
13 Sep 2023
MBDA UK, MBDA Italia e la giapponese Mitsubishi Electric Corporation hanno annunciato a DSEI 2023 la firma di un accordo di collaborazione per lavorare sul dominio effetti e supportare la progettazione della piattaforma principale come parte del...
MBDA has received additional funding from the UK Ministry of Defence to accelerate the development of the SPEAR-EW stand-in jammer. SPEAR-EW is a novel electronic warfare effector designed to confuse and suppress enemy air defence, protecting...
