John Pranzatelli has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of MBDA Incorporated. He succeeds Scott Webster who has served as Chairman of the Board and interim CEO since November 2013. Scott will continue as Chairman of MBDA Inc. John joined MBDA Inc. in June 2009 as Vice President for Strategy and Business Operations and was promoted to President in…
MBDA Missile Systems is proud to announce that Textron AirLand is displaying a Dual Mode Brimstone missile on its Scorpion Jet in honor of the 2014 AFA Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition. The aircraft will be exhibited at Reagan National Airport September 15-17 and will carry a Dual Mode Brimstone via a Cobham launcher, as well as Small Diameter Bomb…
MBDA Missile Systems cordially invites you to visit us at booth #715 at the Air Force Association’s Air & Space Conference (#ASC14) at the Gaylord Hotel Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland September 15-17, 2014. Come by to learn more about our Brimstone® missile, Meteor and other precision strike weapons in production and available now for manned and unmanned platforms. Please…
MBDA has started producing Brimstone 2 missiles at its Lostock and Henlow manufacturing facilities in England. The missile incorporates the latest mmW radar and semi-active laser Dual Mode Seeker capability, an Insensitive Munition (IM) rocket motor and warhead, and a new and stronger airframe for increased air carriage robustness. This new missile will enter service with the Royal Air Force…
Building on the Dual Mode Brimstone missile’s excellent combat record of destroying complex land targets, MBDA continues to upgrade Brimstone’s capabilities for maritime engagements. In our most recent testing, Brimstone destroyed a high-speed Fast in-shore Attack Craft (FIAC) target maneuvering in an environment cluttered with multiple neutral vessels. In the testing, a Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado GR4 jet aircraft…
We are looking forward to a great show at Farnborough- You can visit MBDA at our location (OE10) overlooking the runway. MBDA’s fighter aircraft missiles (Brimstone 2, METEOR, SPEAR 3, Taurus and Storm Shadow) and their integration activities are highlighted in this comprehensive Aviation Week article; “Against an agile, evading target, Meteor’s no-escape zone—the area within which, if a missile…
In cooperation with Saab and the Swedish Defense Material Administration (FMV), MBDA has concluded missile integration firings with Gripen and the MBDA Meteor BVRAAM (Beyond-Visual-Range Air-to-Air Missile). Conducted in March 2014, these latest firings further verified Meteor integration with the Gripen and validated the Meteor’s seeker performance and range. As the last major trial remaining before the Meteor is cleared…
As reported on June 18, 2014 by Gareth Jennings in Jane’s, the US Marine Corps has taken delivery of its final KC-130J Hercules equipped with the modern Harvest HAWK mission package. Originally developed to fulfill an urgent operational requirement for the Marine Corps in Afghanistan, MBDA’s GBU-44/E Viper-E was included to allow the Hercules to attack from steep or shallow…
Drawing on its unique air defence systems experience in Europe, MBDA is unveiling the future direction it is considering for Command and Control (C2) systems via an interactive demonstrator called MiC2 (MBDA innovative C2). Taking into consideration the threat evolution and ever increasing operational demands, MiC2 is aimed at improving the efficacy of air defence operators. In particular, it is…
As noted by Gizmodo and Defense Update today at Eurostory 2014 MBDA Missile Systems presented two new configurations of MMP, the fifth generation land combat weapon system; one on the MPCV (Multi-Purpose Combat Vehicle) and another, in collaboration with Nexter, on the T40 turret. The MMP is similar to the American Javelin in that they are both capable of striking armored…