Thursday 01 May 2014 @ 13:15
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MOD invests £36 million in new army air defence missile

The army is a step closer to receiving a new multi-million-pound air defence missile system thanks to an investment by MOD. 

Missile company MBDA UK has been awarded a £36 million contract to explore what capabilities a land version of an air defence system could offer the UK armed forces.

The future local area air defence system (FLAADS) is a ground-based missile system whose missiles can travel at 1,000 metres per second and is able to simultaneously defend UK territories against a number of threats, including jets or cruise missiles travelling at supersonic speeds.

MBDA UK is already developing a similar system, known as Sea Ceptor, that will be used by the Royal Navy.

This assessment phase contract for the land version will sustain more than 90 highly-skilled jobs at MBDA’s sites in Stevenage and Bristol.

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