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UK And France Start Next-Generation Strike Missile Project With MBDA

Friday, March 31st, 2017

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The United Kingdom and France signed an agreement to launch a $108 million three year joint concept phase of the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) program with MBDA, the company said March 28.The concept phase aims to lay the groundwork and inform the U.K. and France’s decision making and requirements for a potential follow-on assessment and demonstration phase of the missiles. The FC/ASW project has a planned operational capability to be achieved by the end of the 2020s.The concept phase is…

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