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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

MBDA clears Spear 3 missile reviews

[A triplet of Brimstone missiles on display]MBDA has confirmed it has passed two significant milestones in a programme to develop a new precision-guided weapon for internal carriage by the UK's future fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35 combat aircraft.

Dubbed Spear Capability 3, the product cleared both its critical design review and system design review with the UK Ministry of Defence in 2011, says MBDA UK managing director and executive group director technical Steve Wadey.

"We're now focused on the final two years to conclude the assessment phase, which, in 2013 and early 2014, will include subsystem and first flight trials of that weapon," he says. MBDA plans to disclose further details of its activities on the project at July's Farnborough air show.

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