A US Marine Corps F-35B has conducted the first test flights of a Meteor missile. The inert missile is used to gather environmental data as part of the campaign to integrate UK weapons onto
Key Highlights
- F-35. Meteor is the UK’s primary air-to-air missile and is carried on operations by Typhoon, with this step being progress towards enabling Meteor’s capability on F-35.
- The Meteor is an advanced ‘Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile’ system developed by MBDA.
- It is the result of collaborative efforts among the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden.
- MBDA is a European multinational corporation specialized in the design, development and manufacturing of missiles and related systems.
