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Programme Results - Defence Insight

  • Short Range Missile Defence Systems: 0 to 20 km range

    Mistral [Romania]

    Background Romania signed a contract with the Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans of the French Republic within the "European Joint Acquisition of Mistral ...

  • Short Range Missile Defence Systems: 0 to 20 km range

    Mistral 3 [France]

    Background In February 2024 France ordered 329 Mistral 3 short-range air defense systems from European missile design house MBDA.  The order is being facilitated by the ...

  • Man-portable missile systems

    Mistral SHORAD [Croatia]

    Background Croatia announced the procurement of the Mistral for the Croatian Armed Forces. The procurement followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the crash of a Tu-141 ...

  • Short Range Missile Defence Systems: 0 to 20 km range

    Mistral 3 [Estonia]

    Background In July 2025, the Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI) signed a $227.65 million contract with French defence company MBDA for the supply of Mistral ...

  • Man-portable missile systems

    Mistral SHORAD [Hungary]

    Background Hungary is a member of the common procurement programme for MISTRAL 3 ground-based air defence systems for protection against air threats. The project's framework ...

  • Short Range Missile Defence Systems: 0 to 20 km range

    Mistral 3 [Spain]

    Background Under the auspices of a European Union EDIRPA deal, Spain ordered 522 Mistral-3 short-range surface-to-air missiles from the local subsidiary of MBDA. The deal will supply missiles ...

  • Man-portable missile systems

    Mistral 3 [North Macedonia]

    Background North Macedonia signed a contract for the procurement of Mistral 3 short-range air defence systems. The systems will modernise the Army and are expected ...

  • Military helicopters - maritime

    Ka-52K Katran [Russia]

    Programme Background The Ka-52K Katran is a navalised version of the Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance and attack helicopter.  The history of the Ka-52K is aligned with ...

  • Amphibious assault ships

    Project 23900 UDC

    Programme BackgroundThe Project 23900 universal landing ships (UDC) which are also referred to as landing helicopter docks (LHDs) have been developed by JSC Zelenodolsk Design ...

  • Loitering munitions

    Lethal Unmanned Systems (LUS): HERO [US]

    Background Contract Award On 29 September 2025, the US Department of War announced that Mistral had been awarded a $982 million hybrid cost-no-fee and firm-fixed-price contract ...

  • Loitering munitions

    Lethal Unmanned Systems (LUS): Switchblade [US]

    Background DoD Contract On 27 August 2024, the US DoD announced that AeroVironment had been awarded a ceiling $990 million hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract to provide “an ...

  • Loitering munitions

    HERO-120 [USSOCOM]

    Programme Background As reported by Shephard, UVision and Mistral will supply Hero-120SF Loitering Munitions to US Special Operations Command under a $73.5 million contract announced ...

  • Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

    CH-47F [Egypt]

    Programme Background Egypt has operated the CH-47D heavy lift helicopter since the 1990s and is now seeking to replace them with new-build CH-47Fs. Approval for ...

  • MPVs - 4x4

    Sherpa Light [Morocco]

    Programme Background Morocco is in the midst of procuring large quantities of defence equipment from the French defence industry to modernise its forces, with much ...

  • Landing platform docks/dock landing ships

    Landing Platform Docks [India]

    Programme Background Requirements The LPD tender, although more akin to an LHD, specifies that the quartet of ships must be built within India, although collaboration ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Surface-to-air missiles

    Mistral 3

    The Mistral 3 is the latest member of the Mistral family of very short-range surface-to-air missiles. It entered service in 2018 and has been chosen ...

  • Surface-to-air missiles

    Mistral 2

    MISTRAL is a man-portable, fully digital, heat-seeking missile designed to meet the requirements of all branches of the armed forces to defend against air threats. ...

  • Land: air defence radar

    MCP

    MBDA developed the Mistral Coordination Post (MCP) to provide optimum surveillance, command, and control functions for Mistral missile Ground-Based Air Defence (GBAD) systems. Its variants ...

  • Air-to-air missiles

    Mistral ATAM

    The Mistral ATAM is a fire-and-forget air-to-air missile system that uses the Mistral SAM modified for the air-to-air role. It is in operational service on French Army ...

  • Man-portable missile systems

    Mistral MANPADS

    Mistral MANPADS is a very short range air defence weapon system, firing the Mistral fire-and-forget missile.  It features a lightweight man-portable launcher that can be transported ...

  • Short Range Missile Defence Systems: 0 to 20 km range

    Mistral SHORAD

    The Mistral is a French short-range air defence system developed by MBDA France, designed to counter a variety of aerial threats, including aircraft, helicopters, and ...

  • Amphibious assault ships

    Mistral Class

    The Mistral-class amphibious ships were developed as a result of the evolution of the French Navy’s amphibious warfare doctrine in the late 1990s. A requirement ...

  • Landing craft and hovercraft

    EDA-R

    Four EDA-R (Engin de Débarquement Amphibie-Rapide) fast amphibious landing craft were ordered for the French Navy in 2009 after a 12-month evaluation. They are designed ...

  • Naval: Combat Management Systems

    SENIT-9

    SENIT-9 is the most recent iteration of the SENIT series of combat management systems developed for the French Navy. Coupled with a Thales MRR3D-NG radar, it ...

  • Short Range Missile Defence Systems: 0 to 20 km range

    MPCV

    The Multi-Purpose Combat Vehicle (MPCV) was developed by MBDA in cooperation with Rheinmetall Defence Electronics to provide a mobile weapon system which can be adapted ...

  • Sea: procedural training

    Mistral 4000

    The Mistral 4000 Full Mission Shiphandling Simulator can simulate a range of propulsion systems and vessels in open and constrained waters and provides training for ...

  • Short Range Missile Defence Systems: 0 to 20 km range

    Simbad-RC

    Simbad-RC is a short-range, anti-air system that can accommodate two fire-and-forget Mistral missiles. According to MBDA, Simbad-RC is suitable also for small vessels with small ...

  • Hybrid effector systems

    Super Vulcan

    Super Vulcan is an MBT self-propelled air defence product with Eagle-Eye optronic fire control system, in service with the Israeli Air Force. It adds an enhanced ...

  • Land: battle management systems, Land: fire control systems

    Platoon Command Post

    Unveiled at the IDEX 2011, Platoon Command Post (PCP) was developed by MBDA to provide adapted solutions for the Command and Control (C2) of Ground ...

  • Amphibious assault ships

    Project 23900 UDC

    The Project 23900 vessels are universal landing ships (UDC) and are also considered LHDs, developed by Russia's JSC Zelenodolsk Design Bureau. Russia is reported to have ordered ...

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