New UK long-range strike weapons could be sent to Ukraine within a year
The trial showed the system’s core technologies and supported plans for lower-cost British-made long-range weapons for Ukraine, officials said.
- The UK is developing low-cost, long-range missiles under Project Brakestop to support Ukraine, with no US components or data, aiming for delivery within a year.
- Three British companies—MBDA, MGI Engineering, and Rotron Aerospace—are developing competing missile systems capable of striking targets over 500 km away with a 225 kg warhead and priced around £400,000 each.
- Production capacity could reach 40 units per month soon after orders are placed.
- This project is part of expanded UK military aid, including a £752 million package and command of the Multinational Force for Ukraine amid ongoing maritime tensions with Russia.
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UK seeks long-range weapons for Ukraine that do not rely on US components
Three British-designed systems — from MBDA, MGI Engineering and Rotron Aerospace — are going to be tested over the coming months in the UK and Ukraine, with the aim of being delivered to the front line within a year, they said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
UK startup tests new long-range strike missile
A small British aerospace company has successfully flight-tested a long-range strike weapon under a UK Ministry of Defence program, validating a development model that bypassed the traditional procurement bureaucracy and delivered a working one-way attack system at a fraction of the cost and time that established defense primes typically require. Rotron Aerospace, a UK-based advanced […]
British long range deep-strike weapon passes key trial
A British company has successfully flight-tested a new long-range strike drone under a Ministry of Defence programme to field affordable deep-strike weapons quickly. Rotron Aerospace said the trial of its SkyLance one-way effector, carried out under the MoD’s Project BRAKESTOP and funded through Taskforce Kindred, had validated the core technologies underpinning the system and demonstrated the value of agile, industry-led defence innovation. The…
The UK is working on new missile systems for Ukraine as part of the Brakestop project. The weapons will not contain American components and may appear on the front lines within a year.
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