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