07.03.2025, 23:23
Zitat:Ukraine conflict: UK procures more LMMs for Kyivhttps://www.janes.com/osint-insights/def...s-for-kyiv
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced a GBP1.6 billion (USD2.06 billion) contract award on 3 March for 5,000 more Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) systems for Ukraine, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and its Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) organisation announced on 2 March.
Under the contract awarded by DE&S on behalf of the Ukrainian government, Thales in Belfast will deliver LMMs initially worth GBP1.16 billion, with potentially another GBP500 million of work to be added for collaboration with an unnamed Ukrainian industry partner that will manufacture launchers and command-and-control vehicles for the missiles in Ukraine.
The UK MoD and DE&S said the contract was the largest ever received by Thales in Belfast and the second largest they had placed with the company, building on a previous order for 650 LMMs worth GBP162 million signed in September 2024, under which deliveries began in December 2024.
As a result, the company's LMM production will be tripled, although Thales declined to provide Janes with figures for the number of missiles produced currently or in the future or say how and when the increase will be achieved or when deliveries will be completed.
Schneemann