UK Signs GBP550 Million Defense Contract with MBDA Consortium
06 Januar 2021 - 4:29PM
Dow Jones News
By Mauro Orru
The U.K. government said Wednesday that it has signed a contract
with MBDA --a joint venture of Airbus SE, BAE Systems PLC and
Leonardo SpA-- to acquire new surface-attack missiles for its F-35B
lightning jets.
The contract has a value of 550 million pounds ($749.5 million),
the U.K. government said.
The new surface-attack missiles, known as SPEAR3, have a range
of more than 140 kilometers.
Write to Mauro Orru at mauro.orru@wsj.com; @MauroOrru94
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 06, 2021 10:14 ET (15:14 GMT)
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