MBDA

MBDA is a European missile and air-defense systems company supplying defense capabilities for air, land and naval forces. Its C-UAS work includes interceptor and air-defense partnerships around protecting sensitive sites from drones and saturation attacks.

Facts

Segment: Defense Robotics
Country: France
Website: https://www.mbda-systems.com/

Market context

MBDA is a named payload supplier for Rheinmetall Mission Master XT fire-support configurations.

Skydagger - stack adjacency - capability: Kinetic Counter UAS
BlueHalo - stack adjacency - stack: Counter UAS System Layer
Iron Drone - stack adjacency - stack: Cuas Interceptor Oem

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Products

Counter Mass Interceptor - Counter-UAS

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1 commercial event; 1 contract award; 1 named customer; latest event 2026-07-01

2026-07-01 - Contract award - Intracom Defense wins MBDA Deutschland DefendAir datalink contract - MBDA Deutschland - DefendAir - source: intracomdefense.com

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Supply

Intracom Defense - Inbound - Communications - Intracom Defense supplies DefendAir missile datalink development and series-production work for MBDA Deutschland - source: intracomdefense.com
Milrem Robotics - Outbound - Manufacturing - Milrem lists IMPACT by MBDA as a THeMIS Combat payload - source: milremrobotics.com

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Timeline

2026-07-20 - Product Launch - MBDA unveils Counter Mass Interceptor for mass drone attacks - Counter Mass Interceptor is designed to defeat saturation attacks by small drones and other low-cost airborne threats. MBDA is engineering the system for scalable, automotive-style production using existing or repurposed manufacturing lines. The UK-led… - source: au.marketscreener.com
2026-07-01 - Contract Award - Intracom Defense wins MBDA Deutschland DefendAir datalink contract - The contract covers the DefendAir missile, formerly the Small Anti-Drone Missile programme. Intracom Defense work includes engineering development, prototyping, integration support and manufacturing-line setup. The datalink solution covers the future… - source: intracomdefense.com
2026-06-15 - Partnership - Unifly and MBDA sign partnership for end-to-end C-UAS solutions - The agreement combines Unifly’s UTM platform with MBDA air-defense and C-UAS expertise. Target environments include military sites, critical infrastructure, airports, ports and public events. The partnership connects The company to a customer, supplier or… - source: terra-drone.net

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Team

Eric Béranger - Chief Executive Officer - He leads MBDA as it expands air-defense and counter-UAS collaborations.

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Relations

Unifly - C UAS Airspace Layer - Unifly and MBDA signed a partnership to combine Unifly UTM with MBDA defense expertise for end-to-end C-UAS solutions.
Fortem Technologies - Partnership - Partnership on Sky Warden effector concept and interception capability

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