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MBDA Unit Demonstrates Scalable Warhead Technology

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 28th, 2013

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Engineers at MBDA Deutschland subsidiary TDW GmbH yesterday said have developed a new effector technology with which armed forces can achieve scalable target-adapted effectiveness. Scalable Warheads Graphic: MBDA TDW is the first company to successfully demonstrate this technology in a series of tests, officials said. “We’ve been working for some years on technological approaches to solving this problem. We’ve now demonstrated that this technology actually works,” said Helmut Hederer, managing director of TDW GmbH. “This success is another step forward…

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