5 times more: in Europe accelerated the production of Aster missiles under SAMP/T for the Armed Forces

About it writes the French edition of Opex 360. Yes, in 2022, MBDA received a contract for the production of 700 anti -aircraft missiles Aster 15, Aster 30 B1 and Aster 30b1nt for France and Italy. Later, this order was expanded to 918 rockets, and it was joined by the United Kingdom. Today, the production volumes of these missiles in 2025 exceeded the targets, and the production cycle was reduced to 30 months, while in 2022 its duration was 42 months.

It is noted that the company to accelerate production - and therefore the delivery - the ordered missiles was pressure, in particular, by the Minister of the Armed Forces of France Sebastian Lecorton. "The European MBDA missile manufacturer is obliged to provide us with quick deliveries. I asked DGA to provide me with proposals for the implementation of these measures to accelerate the production of Aster rocket production.

To make it clear, I demand the creation of stocks for ammunition production," he said. production by 50%. However, such a goal is called ambitious, since the missile manufacturer also had to meet the demand for other so -called "complex" ammunition. Demand, which has continued to grow since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. In the end, the measures taken to accelerate production were fruit.

The MBDA announcement appeared on July 30, two and a half years after ordering 700 missiles and less than five months after the order, which was notified in March last year. The company stated that it has just delivered "the first ASTER ammunition batch made within the acceleration measures introduced in the scope of production.

" In order to speed up production, MBDA not only invest in its production facilities in both France and Italy, but also massively attracted staff and accumulated significant reserves of raw materials and components. In addition, the group "supported" all its "value of value creation in Europe". "Between 2023 and 2025, the production of new rockets will double," MBDA assures.