MBDA’s Diamond Loitering Munition Cements UAE Ties

Six European countries that have embarked on a joint effort to meet critical deep strike capability gaps have formalized their plans.

MBDA and its partner Fly-R have agreed to develop the Diamond loitering attack munition in the United Arab Emirates.

The Finnish government has given the go-ahead for the country’s Defense Forces Logistics Command to procure RTX GBU-53 Small Diameter Bomb II munitions to equip its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35As.

Rheinmetall and Destinus plan to accelerate the fielding of the 2,000-km-class (1,080 nm.) Ruta Block 3 cruise missile as part of the brewing partnership.

Ukraine still needs a MALE uncrewed aircraft system to loiter in domestic airspace and shoot down incoming Russian attack drones and glide bombs, a co-owner of Ukrainian attack drone and missile-maker Fire Point says.

France Picks MBDA-Safran Team For Rocket System

An MBDA-led European effort to create a hypersonic glide vehicle to inform the development of a hypersonic interceptor also will support research on hypersonic deep strike capabilities as well.