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At the NATO Summit held in Washington D.C., France, Germany, Italy and Poland stated their will for a sovereign precision deep strike capability, co-signing a "European Long Range Strike Approach" letter of intent. ✍️ European #defence needs strong #cooperation to develop new capabilities for its armed forces. This letter of intent marks a new step for #European industry, and a milestone in the acquisition of reliable and efficient deep strike solutions responding to the evolution of threats on the battlefield. MBDA has demonstrated unrivalled ability to leverage European expertise in developing such capabilities. The "European Long Range Strike Approach" letter of intent is a major opportunity to advance strategic European cooperation and foster innovation in defence, now and in the future. Only MBDA has the technologies, expertise and cross-border partnership to deliver European-designed deep strike systems enabling our armed forces to defend our values and freedoms.

🌐 MBDA attended the "Defence Industry Forum" held for the very first time during a NATO summit in Washington D.C., reaffirming our position as one of the world leaders in the #defence industry.     Thomas Gottschild, Executive Group Director Strategy, led the conversation about today’s challenging geostrategic context, and the role MBDA plays in supporting the armed forces around the world:    ▪️Ground-based air defence capabilities are pivotal to meet the evolution of the battlefield. MBDA systems such as Brimstone, SAMP/T, MISTRAL, Storm Shadow and Scalp-EG have proven their high military value in combat. ▪️While addressing the needs of a high-intensity conflict, we have been confronted to the high consumption of ammunition. This raises a new challenge for us: scaling and speeding up our production to meet the rising demand. MBDA takes its responsibilities: we are investing 2.4 billion euros from 2023 to 2028 to support our production rates, develop new equipment and strengthen our most valuable asset: people. This event highlights the increasing importance of the industrial dimension of defence for NATO and the allies, and the need to foster transatlantic #cooperation. It's part of MBDA's DNA to work hand-in-hand with international organisations and governments from our home nations and partners, to leverage our long-lasting expertise and ultimately, strengthen the global defence ecosystem. #NATOPA 

Artificial Intelligence & Data are key components of our activities and feed our #innovation strategy. It is crucial to foster the debate in order to stay ahead in #defence. 🎙️ This series about Open Innovation gives a voice to our experts to discuss #AI and #Data: today we are getting into details regarding the role of Data and AI in operational activities at MBDA. Through innovation and new technologies, we can build a stronger future for defence.

🤝 MBDA has received a contract from Germany to manufacture and supply #Brimstone 3 precision strike #missiles for the Bundeswehr’s #Eurofighter combat aircraft. A final assembly line and service centre will be set up at MBDA’s Schrobenhausen site. Eric Beranger, CEO of MBDA, highlighted that Germany's procurement of Brimstone 3 is a “decisive contribution to the harmonisation of armaments in Europe and the Bundeswehr's ammunition stockpile.” Brimstone 3 offers unmatched accuracy, effectiveness, and reliability, integrated onto various platforms including the Eurofighter, Eurodrone, MQ-9B, land vehicles, and helicopters. 🗞️ Learn more in the Press Release: https://fcld.ly/i9hz4w8

Discover REPPLIX, winner of our SMART VISIONS campaign, and their solution for industrial robots. SMART VISIONS is a programme started by MBDA to boost our new business activities, even outside the defence industry, giving a platform of #innovation for our collaborators to develop their #entrepreneurship projects. REPPLIX develops a #software solution for industrial #robots, based on reproduction of the human operator movements, in order to efficiently reduce the time spent on specific tasks, and robotise some meticulous actions. With the help of Smart Visions, REPPLIX has signed a contract with Atol CD to industrialise, sell, and support their solution.

Eurosatory was a success on many levels, and marked a milestone for #innovation and #cooperation within the #defence industry. For MBDA, it was an opportunity to showcase our latest technological breakthroughs such as #GroundWarden, reveal exciting new projects and partnerships and meet passionate people, whether on our booth or in the show’s #recruitment areas. (Re)discover the highlights of the show in our throwback video 🎬

Today is #InternationalWomenInEngineeringDay 👷♀️👩💻 Women have always contributed to the #defence industry, and crucial #innovation breakthroughs have been led by women engineers, who were pioneers of their domain and marked the history of defence. We are proud of every female collaborator in MBDA, and we encourage every aspiring young woman to join us and contribute, alongside other great pioneers, to the future of defence. #INWED2024

Meet the winner of our SMART VISIONS campaign, RIDLE: a resilient image codec. In the context of our new #entrepreneurship strategy, we launched the SMART VISIONS programme, giving MBDA the tools to develop new businesses, applied to the #defence industry and beyond. It gives our collaborators room for their innovative ideas and for their leadership to bloom. RIDLE is a bespoke #image codec, its mission is to incorporate the highest levels of resilience to encode and decode images and videos, ensuring data safety even when the bitstream suffers corruption during transmission. Thanks to SMART VISIONS, RIDLE has already filed 8 patents and keeps developing toward new #business opportunities for MBDA.

En cette dernière journée de salon à Eurosatory nous avons laissé les commandes à Louise et Camille, deux ingénieures de MBDA 🚀 Elles ont pu parcourir le salon à la (re)découverte de nos solutions, et surtout échanger avec différents interlocuteurs autour des enjeux de MBDA en matière de #recrutement, des engagements du groupe en matière de #diversité et #inclusion et du challenge que représente la #féminisation des métiers dans le secteur de la #défense. 🎙️ Merci à Benjamin et Federica, ainsi qu'à Laurence de l'association Elles bougent ! Retour sur cette journée riche au coeur du salon 🎬

🤝 A new #cooperation milestone for the defence of Europe! France, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia and Hungary have signed a framework #cooperation arrangement, managed by the DGA - Direction générale de l'armement with MBDA support, for the joint acquisition of the #Mistral3 ground-based air defence system. “This co-operation is a major step forward in strengthening the defence capabilities of the European Union and its member states, contributing to collective security and sovereignty”, says MBDA CEO Eric Béranger. 🗞️Read more in the press release: https://fcld.ly/pm1ps58