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

UK And France Start Next-Generation Strike Missile Project With MBDA
Harriet Baldwin, UK Minister of Defence Procurement and Laurent Collet-Billon, head of France’s Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) sign an joint concept phase agreement for Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapons (FC/ASW) with MBDA. Photo: MBDA. Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin and her French counterpart Laurent Collet-Billon today signed an agreement to explore future missile technologies with MBDA. Behind are from left to right Jacques Doumic, Chris Heffernon, James Sheader, Mark Reason, Dave Armstrong, Antoine Bouvier, Nicholas Coward, Benoit de Poulpaque, unknown, Richard Wray and Charlotte Robinson.

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 Tuesday.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 set…

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