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MBDA To Develop Next-Generation Anglo-French Anti-Ship Missile

Defense Daily Staff

Sunday, March 30th, 2014

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MBDA March 27 welcomed the signing of the approximately $831 million demonstration and manufacturing contract for the Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon (Heavy)/Anti-Navire Léger (FASGW(H)/ANL) missile. The jointly funded Anglo-French contract was awarded to MBDA by the U.K. Defense Equipment & Support (DE&S) on behalf of the French and U.K. defense ministries and will be managed as part of MBDA’s Team Complex Weapons Portfolio. The work will complete the joint assessment and missile design work funded by the two nations since 2009.…

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