MBDA and Leonardo have been contracted to test an electronic-attack development of the former's Spear air-to-surface missile for the UK Ministry of Defense. To be advanced via a 10 million ($12 million) technology demonstration deal signed on 10 September, the work will integrate Leonardo-...
12—will accelerate work on the Spear-EW,which will carry a Leonardo-developed Digital Radio FrequencyMemory (DRFM) payload rather than a warhead to perform suppressionof ground-based air defenses. The level of funding hasnot been disclosed.TONY OSBORNE...