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U.K. Awards MBDA $240 Million Production Order For F-35 ASRAAMs

Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

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U.K. Awards MBDA $240 Million Production Order For F-35 ASRAAMs

An Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles (ASRAAM). Photo: MBDA.

The United Kingdom (U.K.) Ministry of Defense awarded MBDA a $240 million production order to supply an undisclosed amount of Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles (ASRAAMs) for use on the F-35 fast fighter jet.The ASRAAM is an infra-red (also known as heat-seeking) guided air-to-air missile produced by MBDA.The ASRAAM is set to be the first British-designed missile to enter service for the F-35. MBDA was previously under contract for an ASRAAM capability sustainment program for the Typhoon fast jet. This…

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