MBDA Completes Firing Test for Crossbow Cruise Missile
MBDA completed the first firing test for the Crossbow low-cost heavy cruise missile that can be fired from containers, developed for the UK’s requirements.
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UK signs £316m deal to bring DragonFire laser to fleet
The UK’s £316m DragonFire contract with MBDA UK advances shipborne laser defence, proving effects on ~650 km/h drones as well as small radar-evading UAVs.
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Saab Inks Deal to Integrate Sea Ceptor to Visby-class
Saab will integrate the Sea Ceptor system with CAMM missiles to Swedish Visby-class stealth corvettes using Lockheed Martin’s ExLS vertical launch cells.
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MBDA Signs an Air Defence System Agreement with Poland
MBDA will transfer its technologies to the Polish missile manufacturer Polska Grupa Zbrojna to manufacture anti-aircraft defence system CAMM-ER missiles.
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MBDA UK to develop anti-tank vehicles with Brimstone
Nine companies from Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ), Poland, have signed a cooperation agreement with the MBDA UK to develop anti-tank vehicles.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
