Top European Missile Maker to Help Build Ukraine’s Next Strike Weapon
The memorandum is a nonbinding step toward deeper-strike cooperation and leaves funding, timelines and prototype details undisclosed.
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Top European missile maker to help build Ukraine’s next strike weapon
Europe’s biggest missile maker has agreed to help Ukraine build a successor to the weapon that sank Russia’s cruiser Moskva, the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet. MBDA signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukrainian defense company LUCH at Eurosatory in Paris on June 16, 2026, agreeing to jointly pursue what both companies call disruptive […]
The developer of the Storm Shadow missiles openly announced his assistance to Kiev with strikes against Russia
The European missile concern MBDA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ukrainian design bureau Luch on expanding cooperation in the field of long-range strike systems for strikes against Russia.
The European Missile Group MBDA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ukrainian design office "Luch on extending cooperation in the field of long-range attack systems. MBDA is considered to be the largest European manufacturer of missile weapons. Among its most well-known developments are the Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles.
Storm Shadow maker MBDA to help develop new Neptune cruise missile with Ukraine
MBDA, the developer of the Storm Shadow cruise missile, will help Ukraine develop a next-generation Neptune cruise missile, the company announced in a press release. Modified Neptune anti-ship missiles famously sank the Russian Black Sea Fleet flagship, the Moskva, in April 2022. These were later upgraded for use against land targets, greatly boosting their range and payload size. Ukraine has extensively used Storm Shadow (or SCALP) missiles to…
MBDA and Ukrainian defence company Luch sign agreement to develop Neptune 2 cruise missile for deep strike capability
MBDA said the collaboration underlines its contribution to supporting Ukraine. The agreement will focus on further development of the Neptune cruise missile. Luch and MBDA will work on disruptive innovation to develop the deep strike capability for Neptune 2. The companies will also advance strategic defence cooperation with Ukraine. MBDA said it has the technologies, expertise and cross-border partnerships needed to deliver European-designed de…
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