MBDA nets new contract for Saudi CAMM missiles
The lion's share of work under the contract, part of a broader Saudi Arabian Foreign Military Sale (FMS) agreement for four ships, will be carried out at the European missile maker's UK location in Stevenage.
According to a US DoD contract notice, work under the contract will be completed by January 2027.
Lockheed Martin is prime contractor for the four-ship programme to build MMSCs for Saudi Arabia.
The ships are a variant of Lockheed Martin's Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and are being built by Fincantieri Marinette Marine.
The new Saudi ships feature a swathe of European-sourced systems, including Hensoldt
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