Overview
MBDA is a European missile systems company (joint venture of Airbus, Bae systems, and Leonardo). Develops autonomous missile systems, loitering munitions, and directed energy weapons. Products include Storm Shadow, Brimstone, and Meteor missiles with autonomous targeting.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Backerssee investors →
Products
Ownership
Autonomous systems
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company MBDA has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Lockheed Martin1× joint3 total
- 2Thales1× joint
- 3UK Ministry of Defence1× joint
Most recent
MBDA on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Éric Béranger Chief Executive Officersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for MBDA.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
MBDA in third-party press
Peer companies
- Lockheed Martin3 models
- Cambridge Aerospace2 models
- Hendrick Technical Solutions2 models
- Northrop Grumman2 models
- RTX (Raytheon)2 models
- Rheinmetall2 models
Mentioned on (4)
Registry pages whose text names MBDA.
Deployments (1)
People (3)
Partnerships
3 total · 3 operating
Every company MBDA has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Lockheed Martin1× joint3 total
- 2Thales1× joint
- 3UK Ministry of Defence1× joint
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- MBDA x Thales (Eurosam Joint Venture)withThalesjoint venture—operating
- joint venture—operating
- MBDA x UK Ministry of Defence (Strategic Defence Partnership)withUK Ministry of Defencedeployment—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for MBDA.Peer companies
- Lockheed Martin3 models
- Cambridge Aerospace2 models
- Hendrick Technical Solutions2 models
- Northrop Grumman2 models
- RTX (Raytheon)2 models
- Rheinmetall2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning MBDA from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Fortem’s DroneHunter nets a bigger role in allied air defense
Fortem Technologies and MBDA are expanding their partnership to bring autonomous counter-drone systems into air defense networks used by military and government customers across…
Italy eyes MBDA armaments for new Italo-Turkish drone
The Italian air force is due to acquire six of the drones, which are derived from Baykar’s TB-3 and are being assembled in Italy by LBA Systems.
From Standalone Counter-Drone Systems to Integrated Air Defense
Expanded agreement brings net-capture and kinetic counter-drone capabilities to European and allied defense customers. Fortem Technologies and European defense company MBDA…
Fortem Technologies and MBDA Expand Partnership
Build Autonomous Counter-Drone Protection into European and Allied Air Defenses Strategic agreement enables defense and government customers to integrate Fortem’s … mehr... The…
MBDA sharpens uncrewed air systems strategy with SPEAR integration work and Hybrid Drones investment at Farnborough 2026
MBDA used Farnborough International Airshow 2026 to set out an effect-centric strategy for uncrewed air systems, saying future combat relevance will depend on integrated effects…
APDR News in Brief 23 June 2026
ILA 2026 Final of the International Swarm Drone Challenge on large stage
Missile producer MBDA hopes for survival of failing FCAS fighter jet project
shownews - JFS-M: Germany’s new power play in European deep fires
Aurora Labs signs MoU with MBDA for missile propulsion
Robotics: a strategic lever for defence today and tomorrow
Rheinmetall and MBDA to establish a joint venture for naval laser weapon
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/mbda.md
- RSS feed: /companies/mbda/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/545f252e-c322-4c9e-9f8a-1d5d28a1d0be
- Revision history: /companies/mbda/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Lockheed Martin3 models
- Cambridge Aerospace2 models
- Hendrick Technical Solutions2 models
- Northrop Grumman2 models
- RTX (Raytheon)2 models
- Rheinmetall2 models
Heat Index
Serious56/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
MBDA draws attention at the 48th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among defense robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 4, 2026