MBDA

By Robert Wall
The French Defense Innovation Fund and MBDA have taken a stake in NanoXplore, a company specializing in reprogrammable special-purposes semiconductors.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
South Korea awarded KAI a KRW 685.9 billion contract to launch testing for the air-to-ground configuration of the KF-21 Boramae fighter on a new timeline.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
MBDA says it has doubled production of the Taurus cruise missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Germany's military has a sense of urgency to bring into service and enhance its new NH90 Sea Tiger anti-surface warfare and sub-hunting helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The integration of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile onto the CTOL Lockheed Martin F-35 has advanced, with ground-based testing beginning.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne, Steve Trimble
From low-cost drone interceptors to advanced cruise missiles to air-to-air missiles, the United Arab Emirates wants to do it all.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Brazilian Air Force demonstrated for the first time last week that it can fire MBDA Meteor missiles from its Saab F-39E Gripen fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK plans to acquire the GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II to give its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters a long-desired standoff capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Germany is about to start fielding the Israeli Arrow missile defense system to give the country its first exoatmospheric ballistic threat intercept capability.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The UK says it will spend £316 million ($412 million) more on the MBDA DragonFire laser air defense systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
MBDA plans to develop loitering munitions in the UAE through a partnership with French startup Fly-R and the Tawazun Council for Defense Enablement.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
France has published images of its newly-upgraded ASMPA-R nuclear-tipped standoff missile for the first time, following a successful second firing.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Australia’s NIOA Group and MBDA have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore manufacturing and assembly of Mistral surface-to-air missiles in Australia.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
The sky is not the limit for Europe’s “Drone Wall” as the region looks at missile defense beyond the atmosphere.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Turkey has signed a long-anticipated £8 billion ($11 billion) deal to acquire Eurofighter Typhoons.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
An MBDA-led team working on the development of a hypersonic interceptor missile has downselected two of the most promising concepts.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK has declared its Sea Venom helicopter-launched anti-ship missile operational, closing a capability gap left open for eight years.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Carrier operations are proceeding, but the UK’s Lockheed Martin F-35 program still faces major capability gaps.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
European missile manufacturer MBDA has been contracted by the Italian government to begin production of a new anti-ship missile for the country’s navy.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
European missile manufacturer MBDA is hoping to push forward with the development of a new European medium-range surface-to-air missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
Startups and established primes are revisiting weapon development to accelerate delivery of equipment to users.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Copenhagen plans to acquire four SAMP/T batteries, as well as four batteries of medium-range systems, the Danish Ministry of Defense announced Sept. 12.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
MBDA at the DSEI defense expo in London is displaying the stealthy, subsonic element of the Franco-British future supersonic cruise missile program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
MBDA is exploring how it will respond to a UK requirement for a tactical ballistic missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons