A major £1.9bn export deal has been agreed between the UK and Poland to roll out a British air defence system across the European nation. The landmark deal between UK firm MBDA and Poland was hailed by the Prime Minister as major boost for Euro-Atlantic security – providing cutting-edge, long-term air ...
The UK is set to become the first European nation to operate a Maritime Ballistic Missile Defence capability that can detect and destroy Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles as it commits to a significant upgrade of Britain’s fleet of Type 45 destroyers. The upgraded defence system, using the ASTER 30 Block 1 missile ...
BAE Systems and MBDA have secured additional funding to complete the development and integration of next generation weapons capabilities on the UK and Italian F-35 fleets. This builds on the successful integration work that commenced in 2019 by BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and MBDA to upgrade the UK F-35 weapon systems. The ...
The Defence Minister, Jeremy Quin, has announced a £550 million contract for new surface-attack missiles will secure hundreds of UK jobs and provide unrivalled lethality for the UK’s F-35 B Lightning jets. Known as SPEAR3, the next-generation missile can travel long distances at high-subsonic speed and over the next decade will ...