Overview

• The Ministry of Defence signed a three-year contract with MBDA to supply six additional MRAD Land Ceptor launchers for the British Army.
• The purchase is expected to support up to 140 UK jobs, with work concentrated at MBDA’s Bolton facility.
• The launchers integrate into the Sky Sabre system, which the MoD says can intercept drones, aircraft and cruise missiles and guide 24 missiles simultaneously.
• Sky Sabre was recently live-fired in the Outer Hebrides during NATO’s Formidable Shield and has previously been deployed to Poland to reinforce the alliance’s eastern flank.
• Officials present the buy as part of the Strategic Defence Review and added funding for homeland air and missile defence, while reporting notes the CAMM-based system is medium-range and not designed for ballistic missile defence.