MBDA plans to establish a joint venture with Lockheed Martin to oversee a missile defense program in Germany after the country’s defense ministry voiced concerns about MBDA’s capacity to execute the project independently, Reuters reported Thursday. Andrea Shalal writes both companies are in talks with the German defense ministry regarding their planned JV and the ministry does not expect to finalize a contract with […] More

MEADS International, a joint venture between MBDA‘s German and Italian units and Lockheed Martin, has proposed a customized partnership with Turkey to develop the country’s first long-range air and missile defense system, Defense News reported Wednesday. Burak Ege Bekdil writes MEADS representatives have visited Turkey in previous months for preliminary talks and anticipate formal contract negotiations […] More

MEADS International, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and MBDA, has submitted a proposal to the Polish government to build and deliver air-and-missile defense systems, Defense News reported Tuesday. Jen Judson writes the submission is in response to a solicitation notice on Poland’s Wisla missile defense program. Marty Coyne,  Medium Extended Air Defense System director at Lockheed, said that the proposal covers […] More

MEADS International and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa, a state-owned defense firm in Poland, have agreed to explore cooperation and business opportunities related to the WisÅ‚a medium-range air defense program. The two companies inked a letter of intent to allow PGZ a participation in the expansion and sales of the Medium Extended Air Defense System in partnership […] More

Lockheed Martin and MBDA aim to finalize an estimated $4.5 billion deal with Germany for the Medium Extended Air Defense System by the end of this year, Reuters reported Thursday. Andrea Shalal writes Thomas Homberg, a managing director at MBDA, told Reuters the German government has expressed “strong support” for the procurement effort and he expects the deal to receive parliamentary approval before the […] More

MEADS International, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and MBDA, is working to secure deals to deploy its Medium Extended Air Defense System for air and missile defense capability development in Germany and Poland. Lockheed said Wednesday Germany has named MEADS a candidate for the Taktisches Luftverteidigungssystem contract, while Poland has included the JV in technical discussions for the Narew system. Volker Weidemann, executive […] More

MEADS International has demonstrated its multifunction fire control radar at Pratica di Mare Air Base near Rome and at the Freinhause, Germany-based MBDA air defense center. The Medium Extended Air Defense System program completed the performance test for the radar system’s functions to track and jam signals, search in ground clutter and identifying target using kinematic data, Lockheed Martin said […] More

Lockheed Martin President and CEO Marillyn Hewson and MBDA Germany Managing Director Thomas Homberg spoke at a German Council on Foreign Relations event Monday to discuss an air and missile defense system program. “For Germany as well as its co-operation partners, the MEADS technology development results create the prerequisites for building sustainable air and missile defense tailored to current and […] More

Lockheed Martin and MBDA have formed a joint venture to negotiate a contract to develop the German armed forces’ TLVS integrated air and missile defense system. The TLVS GmbH joint venture is slated to become the prime contractor of the deal, which is under negotiations with Germany’s military procurement office, MBDA said Thursday. MBDA representative Dietmar Thelen and […] More

A Raytheon official has said the company could perform updates to Germany’s Patriot missile defense system within a year and for less than the estimated budget for the development of the Medium Extended Air Defense System, Reuters reported Friday. Lockheed Martin built the MEADS system with MBDA, Andrea Shalal and Sabine Siebold write. “They refer to us as […] More

A team composed of Lockheed Martin, MBDA Deutschland and Leonardo-Finmeccanica has submitted a final proposal to the government of Germany to compete for the development of the Medium Extended Air Defense System, Defense News reported Tuesday. Jen Judson writes Richard Edwards, executive vice president of Lockheed’s missiles and fire control business, told Defense News that the […] More

An MBDA subsidiary has submitted its bid to Germany’s government in pursuit of a contract to develop that country’s future ground-based air defense system. MBDA Deutschland GmbH said Thursday TLVS will be based on the Medium Extended Air Defence System and equipped with 360-degree coverage, open system architecture and a plug and flight function to support civilians and warfighters during local and international missions. “The […] More