Defense News:

The German arm of MBDA said it will “restructure” its operations following signals from Berlin that the government is having second thoughts about the company’s pet project, the TLVS air defense system.

The move comes after European consortium MBDA, and its American partner Lockheed Martin, held out hope for years that their follow-on work on the former Medium Extended Air Defense System — which included the United States, Germany, and Italy — would eventually yield a contract with the German military, or Bundeswehr.

Up to now, the vendors invested some money of their own in the effort, believing that the system’s features would revolutionize a global air defense market dominated by the Patriot system…

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