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UK Royal Air Force Typhoon Fighter Conducts First Mission with Meteor Missile

December 12, 2018

On December 10, the U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) deployed its Eurofighter Typhoon with the new Meteor air-to-air missile from RAF Lossiemouth in a Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) mission to defend U.K. airspace. U.K. Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson said that the Meteor missile “demonstrates the next chapter of the Typhoon, which will see the jet...

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Germany Seeks Japanese Tech for Meteor Missile

July 25, 2017

Missile Defense Project

On July 17, Japan and Germany signed a cooperation agreement for the joint development of new defense technologies. German media outlet Deutsche Welle reports that Germany wishes to integrate Japan’s AAM-4 air-to-air missile’s advanced seeker technology into MBDA’s air-to-air Meteor missile. The Meteor project is currently being led by the United Kingdom’s defense sector with,...