MOD invests £36 million in new army air defence missile
1 May 2014 01:01 PM
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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