MBDA

By Tony Osborne
MBDA will be flight-testing a 400-kg, 4-m uncrewed air system as part of the European Future Combat Air System (FCAS) demonstrator.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Rival European missile manufacturers are in a race to conceptualize a European hypersonic defense interceptor.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
After years of neglect, the service sees movement toward modernization.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The Brazilian Navy and United Arab Emirates’ EDGE will join hands to develop a new long-range anti-ship missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
There is now a two-horse race to develop a European hypersonic defense interceptor after MBDA entered the fray with its proposed Aquila interceptor.
Paris Air Show

By Helen Chachaty, Tony Osborne
Signed during a summit on European air defense, the agreement sees Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, France and Hungary buy MBDA Mistral surface-to-air missiles.
Paris Air Show

By Tony Osborne
European missile manufacturer MBDA's Orchestrike technology will allow multiple weapons to communicate their status and position to each other­.
Paris Air Show

By Tony Osborne
The defense cooperation mechanisms of the European Union and European Commission appear to be driving nations to cooperate more closely.
Paris Air Show

By Tony Osborne
Eric Beranger talks to Aviation Week about how the company is adapting to customer demands for more stocks and nimbler development cycles.
Paris Air Show

By Tony Osborne
European missile manufacturer MBDA and the UAE's Tawazun Council have opened a weapons development center in the United Arab Emirates.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Across France, Germany and Spain, engineers from 15 companies and consortia are working on the sixth-generation Future Combat Air System.
Paris Air Show

By Chen Chuanren
MBDA is offering a range of munition options for Royal Malaysia Air Force FA-50M light fighters.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Helen Chachaty
The European Future Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile program is moving forward as MBDA completes trials of new air-to-ground missile Akeron LP.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
European missile manufacturer MBDA has conducted the first Common Anti-Air Modular Missile-Extended Range (CAMM-ER) missile firings.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
MBDA supply hundreds of missiles, launchers and associated equipment for 22 Pilica+ air defense batteries.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
MBDA has secured a lead role in the EATMI project to develop an air defense weapon capable of intercepting current and emerging post-2030 missile threats.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Helen Chachaty
France is expanding its skills in the field of loitering munitions with three studies underway to evaluate industry proposals.
MRO

By Tony Osborne
The £656 million ($822 million) contract was awarded to BAE Systems on April 14.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The ongoing study focuses on integrating MBDA’s air-launched Enforcer missile by 2025 on the XMobot Nauru 1000C uncrewed aircraft system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration says its KF-21 flight-test program has entered the weapon-release phase,
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
MBDA is to explore other avenues in pursuit of its development of a missile interceptor capable of dealing with hypersonic targets, CEO Eric Beranger says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The CEO of European missile manufacturer MBDA says the company’s ramp-up in production of weapons has been hindered by supply chain issues.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak committed to the advancement of the Future Cruise and Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Defensive preparations in the center of Moscow perhaps reveal a new Russian respect for homegrown weapons being fielded by Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The agreements come just more than a month since the GCAP enterprise was formed.
Aircraft & Propulsion