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The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a contract to MBDA to supply the Sea Ceptor system to protect the British Royal Navy’s new Type 31 frigates.
By Craig Hoyle2021-04-01T15:03:00+01:00 While Europe is lagging behind China, Russia and the USA in the development and fielding of hypersonic missiles, MBDA chief executive Eric Beranger hints that the company is working on all the supporting technologies required to develop such a system. Speaking on 31 March, Beranger was coy about the status of any activity for Europe to pursue air-launched weapons capable of exceeding Mach 5. Beranger refers to China’s introduction of the surface-launched DF-17 and DF-21D weapons – the latter of which is nicknamed the “carrier killer” – and R...
By Craig Hoyle2021-01-07T10:12:00+00:00 The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded MBDA a £550 million ($750 million), seven-year demonstration and manufacturing contract for its Spear 3 air-to-surface missile, which will arm its Lockheed Martin F-35Bs. Described by the European guided weapons developer as a “network-enabled miniature cruise missile”, the design has a launch weight of less than 90kg (200lb). Source: MBDA F-35B will be able to carry eight Spear 3 weapons in its internal weapons bays Powered by a turbojet engine, the folding-wing-equipped missile will operate at high-s...
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The British pick MBDA’s Spear 3 cruise missile for their F-35s January 6 A delegate looks at the MBDA Spear network-enabled, high-precision, surface-attack system, left, a "Future Low Observable Subsonic Cruise Missile Concept," center, and a Spear EW network-enabled, electronic warfare decoy and jammer, right, at the DSEI arms fair in September 2019 in London. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) LONDON — British F-35B combat jets are to be equipped with a new mini cruise missile following the signing of a £550 million (U.S. $750 million) production contract by the Ministry of Defence and cont...