AQUILA: MBDAs new Hypersonic Threats Interceptor You Tube
At the Paris Air Show 2023, MBDA unveiled AQUILA: A new land and shipbased interceptor designed to counter maneuvering ballistic missiles, hypersonic cruise missiles and hypersonic glide vehicles (HGV). MBDA has worked for more than five years on innovative options for counterhypersonic airdefence building on our expertise from the ASTER antimissile interceptor and our deep knowledge of threats. This is the AQUILA project, proposing the most valuable counterhypersonic interceptor concepts for European nations, alongside a global area defence portfolio with other MBDA air defence products. In March 2023, MBDA was invited with its partners to tender for a concept architecture and technology maturation study of an endoatmospheric interceptor against the new high end emerging threats. HYDIS is the HYpersonic Defence Interceptor Study proposed by MBDA with a consortium bringing together 19 partners and more than 30 subcontractors across 14 European
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