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KAI plots KF-21’s first live-fire Meteor launch for 2024
Korea Aerospace Industries’ (KAI’s) KF-21 Boramae fighter is the first non-West European platform to be integrated with MBDA’s Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM), and a first live-fire test launch has been planned for early 2024
Why the UK’s Storm Shadow missile will be a game-changer for Ukraine
The UK government announced on May 11 that it has donated an unspecified number of conventionally armed Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles to Ukraine, with the combat-proven, advanced long-range deep strike weapon believed to be the longest-range stand-off missile to be delivered to the war-torn nation since Russia launched its invasion in February 2022
What weapons can the F-35 carry? Global armaments list
The ever-increasing bite of the Lockheed Martin F-35 makes it a fearsome system. Gerard Keijsper looks at its armaments and the developments to come
Spain to arm Eurofighters with Brimstone missiles
The Spanish Air and Space Force has selected MBDA’s Brimstone air-to-ground missile for its fleet of Eurofighters
The MBDA missiles set to make the F-35 and Rafale even deadlier
Hard-hitting missiles are being developed by MBDA to make the F-35 and Rafale much deadlier in the battlespace, following the types’ upgrades later this decade
UK and France move forward with FC/ASW programme
France and the UK have confirmed the launch of preparation work for MBDA’s Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) programme, after a government agreement and other associated contracts were signed on February 18
New funding for UK, Italy F-35 missile integration
BAE Systems and MBDA have secured additional funding to complete development and integration of next generation weapons capabilities on the UK and Italian F-35 fleets
DSTL awards complex weapons deal to MBDA
The UK’s Defence Science Technology Laboratory has awarded a new contract to pan-European missile and defence systems manufacturer MBDA to lead on the new Complex Weapons Innovations and Technology Partnership
Typhoon to wield future anti-ship missile from 2030
The UK Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon will field the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon by the beginning of the next decade
Elements of Type 31 Sea Ceptor will be GFE
Following the contract announcement that MBDA’s Sea Ceptor air defence missile system will be fitted to the UK’s future Type 31 frigate, it can be confirmed that some components will be drawn from in-service systems currently being utilised by the Royal Navy as Government Furnished Equipment