Uncrewed Vehicles

Camcopter integrated with French Navy vessel

20th November 2019

Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 has been fully integrated with French Navy Mistral class amphibious helicopter carrier, Dixmude, the company announced on 20 November. Naval Group carried …

Land Warfare

Mistral 3 in test firing demo

15th November 2019

MBDA’s Mistral 3 missile has taken part in a test firing to demonstrate its enhanced capabilities, the company announced on 15 November. The demonstration saw …

Defence Notes

MBDA, BDL to assemble missiles in India

20th September 2019

MBDA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) for the final assembly, integration and test of Mistral and ASRAAM …

Naval Warfare

French Customs receives final patrol boat

25th April 2019

Mauric, in partnership with Socarenam, has delivered the last Vedettes Garde-Côte (VGC) 280 patrol boat, Mistral DF 28, to French Customs, the company announced on …

Digital Battlespace

Hensoldt to deliver IFF interrogator to France

18th April 2019

Hensoldt has received a contract to deliver 134 MSR1000I identification-friend-or-foe (IFF) interrogators for very short range and short range air defence applications to the French …

Naval Warfare

MBDA unveils SPIMM

20th February 2019

MBDA has introduced the Self-Protection Integrated Mistral Module (SPIMM), an all-in-one air defence module designed for to equip all type of ships, the company announced …

Military Logistics

CNIM receives contract for French EDA-S

24th January 2019

CNIM, in partnership with Socarenam, Mauric and CNN MCO, has received a contract to replace the French Navy's existing landing craft with 14 new Standard …

Naval Warfare

Mistral missile in new demonstration

11th January 2019

MBDA has successfully demonstrated the anti-surface capabilities of the Mistral missile against fast inshore attack craft using a SIMBAD-RC automated naval turret, the company announced …

Amphibious assault ships

Project 23900 UDC

Programme BackgroundThe Project 23900 universal landing ships (UDC) which are also referred to as landing helicopter docks (LHDs) have been developed by JSC Zelenodolsk Design ...

APCs/IFVs - 4x4

Sherpa Light (Morocco)

Programme Background Morocco is in the midst of procuring large quantities of defence equipment from the French defence industry to modernise its forces, with much ...

Amphibious assault ships, Landing platform docks/dock landing ships

Landing Platform Docks [India]

Programme Background Requirements The LPD tender, although more akin to an LHD, specifies that the quartet of ships must be built within India, although collaboration ...

Amphibious assault ships, Landing platform docks/dock landing ships

Landing Ship Tank Replacement [Singapore]

Programme Background Requirements Singapore needs to replace its four in-service Endurance-class ships, which will be retired in the late 2020s. In 2014, Singapore announced the ...

Landing platform docks/dock landing ships, Sealift/replenishment vessels

Multi-Role Support Ship (MRSS) [Malaysia]

Programme Background Requirements The Royal Malaysian Navy are in the process of a fleet transformation plan known as the "15 to 5" Programme, which will ...

Submarines: conventional, attack

Isaac Peral Class (S-80A Plus) [Spain]

Programme Background The S-80A SSK design for the Spanish Navy is based on the Franco-Spanish S-80 Scorpene design that both countries decided to cooperate on ...

Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical

Système de Drone Aérien pour la Marine (SDAM) [France]

Programme Background Requirement The requirement for the SDAM programme is a rotary-wing VTOL-capable UAV with a modular configuration capable of hosting a range of payloads. ...

Surface-to-air missiles

Mistral missile

MISTRAL is a man-portable, fully digital, heat-seeking missile designed to meet the requirements of all branches of the armed forces to defend against air threats. ...

Air-to-air missiles

Mistral ATAM

The Mistral ATAM is a fire-and-forget air-to-air missile system that uses the Mistral SAM modified for the air-to-air role. It is in operational service on French Army ...

Land: battle management systems, Land: fire control systems, Land: air defence radar

MCP

The Mistral Coordination Post (MCP) was developed by MBDA to provide optimum surveillance, command and control functions for Mistral missile Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) systems. ...

Man-portable missile systems

Mistral MANPADS

Mistral MANPADS is a very short range air defence weapon system, firing the Mistral fire-and-forget missile.  It features a lightweight man-portable launcher that can be transported ...

Self-propelled missile systems

Mistral Atlas RC

Mistral Atlas RC is a short range air defence system based on a remotely controlled turret, equipped with two Mistral missiles and thermal sight, capable ...

Amphibious assault ships

Mistral Class

The Mistral-class amphibious ships were developed as a result of the evolution of the French Navy’s amphibious warfare doctrine in the late 1990s. A requirement ...

Self-propelled missile systems, Land: manned turrets

Mistral Albi

Mistral Albi is a lightweight 360° turret, optimised for the protection of armoured or mechanised units as well as convoys.  It has been designed to ...

Landing craft and hovercraft

EDA-R

Four EDA-R (Engin de Débarquement Amphibie-Rapide) fast amphibious landing craft were ordered for the French Navy in 2009 after a 12-month evaluation. They are designed ...

Naval: Combat Management Systems

SENIT-9

SENIT-9 is the most recent iteration of the SENIT series of combat management systems developed for the French Navy. Coupled with a Thales MRR3D-NG radar, it ...

Sea: procedural training

Mistral 4000

The Mistral 4000 Full Mission Shiphandling Simulator can simulate a range of propulsion systems and vessels in open and constrained waters and provides training for ...

Deployable/static missile systems

Simbad-RC

Simbad-RC is a short-range, anti-air system that can accommodate two fire-and-forget Mistral missiles. According to MBDA, Simbad-RC is suitable also for small vessels with small ...

Self-propelled guns, Self-propelled missile systems

Super Vulcan

Super Vulcan is an MBT self-propelled air defence product with Eagle-Eye optronic fire control system, in service with the Israeli Air Force. It adds an enhanced ...

Land: battle management systems, Land: fire control systems

Platoon Command Post

Unveiled at the IDEX 2011, Platoon Command Post (PCP) was developed by MBDA to provide adapted solutions for the Command and Control (C2) of Ground ...

Amphibious assault ships

Project 23900 UDC

The Project 23900 vessels are universal landing ships (UDC) and are also considered LHDs, developed by Russia's JSC Zelenodolsk Design Bureau. Russia is reported to have ordered ...

Military helicopters - attack

Ka-52K

The Ka-52K, designed by the Kamov Design Bureau and built by the Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company, is a shipborne combat helicopter being developed for the ...