MBDA Completes First Spear 3 Cruise Missile Guided Firing

MBDA Spear 3 mini cruise missile
Credit: Chris Ryding/BAE Systems
LONDON—MBDA has completed the first guided firing of the Spear 3 mini cruise missile, which is destined for use on the UK’s Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. Spear 3—the name was shortened from Phase 3 of the UK’s Selective Precision Effects At Range-Capability 3 family of weapons—was...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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