US EditionBritain accelerating hypersonic missile development
The UK plans to spend over £400 million on hypersonic and long-range weapons in 2026, advancing joint projects with France, Germany, and Italy to boost NATO deterrence.
- On Feb. 13, the U.K. Ministry of Defence announced it will spend more than 400 million pounds this year and awarded a contract to Warrington-based Amentum UK, supported by SME partners Ebeni and Synthetik.
- Amid lessons from the war in Ukraine, U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey said, "To meet this new era of rising threats, we need hard power, strong alliances, and sure diplomacy," and the MOD emphasized the need for faster development of modern warfighting technologies.
- Just 31 days after the invitation to tender, the MOD's Commercial X team awarded a contract to develop a hypersonic system expected to undergo flight testing before prototype missiles, the department said.
- The MOD said the contract will accelerate the UK’s sovereign hypersonic capability, support 1,300 jobs for British workers, and replace Storm Shadow missiles.
- The MOD says the Deep Precision Strike system will have a range of over 2,000 km, enter service in the 2030s, and hypersonics funding this year covers testing and post-graduate funding and academic training.
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Britain accelerating hypersonic missile development
The Ministry of Defence has awarded a new £12 million contract aimed at accelerating development of a sovereign UK hypersonic missile capability, as part of wider efforts to field a long-range hypersonic strike demonstrator by the end of the decade. The contract has been awarded to Warrington-based engineering contractor Amentum UK, supported by SME partners Ebeni and Synthetik, based in Wiltshire and London respectively. According to the MOD, t…
UK long-range missile spending to exceed 400 million pounds in 2025/26
Britain's spending on long-range and hypersonic weapons will exceed 400 million pounds ($545 million) in the current financial year, the government said on Friday, highlighting joint missile development with France, Germany and Italy.
The UK Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) has announced an investment of £12 million in missile technologies and hypersonic systems with the engineering contractor based in Warrington, Amentum UK. With the support of Ebeni and Synthetik, based respectively in Wiltshire and London, which will provide engineering skills to develop the project, the hypersonic system will be demonstrated through flight tests before being adapted to prototype missiles capa…
Britain to invest over €460 million in development of long-range and hypersonic missilesThe UK will invest over €460 million in the development of new long-range and hypersonic missiles in cooperation with European allies. These missiles will be able to hit targets at a distance of over 2,000 km and will replace the Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
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