UKDJ:

The contract, which was signed by the OCCAR-EA Director on behalf of the UK MoD, will see the UK join a multi-national partnership with France and Italy for the production of the Aster missile system.

I previously reported an initial contract worth £300m had been signed with MBDA. The upgraded defence system, using the ASTER 30 Block 1 missile previously used only in French and Italian land systems, to help UK forces combat the increasing threats posed by anti-ship ballistic missiles at sea by developing the missile into a maritime variant.

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