Manufacturer catalog

MBDA UK

MBDA UK is the United Kingdom operating company within MBDA's multinational missile group, focused on designing, assembling, upgrading, and supporting complex weapon systems for land, sea, and air customers.

4 weapons

MBDA UK is the United Kingdom arm of MBDA's complex-weapon business. Public MBDA materials place the organization around Stevenage and describe it as a strategic partner to the UK Ministry of Defence for complex weapon systems, with the MOD/MBDA portfolio intended to retain UK capacity to design, develop, assemble, and upgrade those weapons.

The manufacturer context is especially relevant for British and MBDA-family missile records such as Brimstone, ALARM, and CAMM / Sea Ceptor. The company relationship explains industrial lineage, product support, and UK production sites without adding conflict-use claims to the manufacturer page.

Complex weapon systemsPrecision strike missilesAir defense missilesMissile assembly and support

Notable Systems

Brimstone, Anti-tank guided missile, Munitions

Brimstone

Anti-tank guided missile

MBDA's Brimstone product page places the missile in the group's tactical-strike portfolio, matching the catalog's MBDA UK manufacturer linkage.

Sources: Brimstone product page, MBDA in the UK
ALARM anti-radiation missile, Air-launched anti-radiation missile, Munitions

ALARM anti-radiation missile

Air-launched anti-radiation missile

The RAF Museum identifies ALARM as a British anti-radiation missile in the MBDA/legacy British Aerospace line, which is the catalog's MBDA UK manufacturer lineage.

Sources: ALARM RAF Museum
CAMM / Sea Ceptor air-defense missile, Naval air-defense missile, Air Defense

CAMM / Sea Ceptor air-defense missile

Naval air-defense missile

GOV.UK identifies CAMM as designed and manufactured by MBDA UK at Bolton, Stevenage, and Henlow, while MBDA presents Sea Ceptor as the naval air-defense application of the CAMM family.

Sources: GOV.UK CAMM contract announcement, Sea Ceptor product page

Manufacturer History

  1. MBDA is created

    MBDA says it was created in December 2001 through the consolidation of missiles activities from Airbus Group, BAE Systems, and Leonardo.

    Sources: MBDA history, MBDA vision and strategy

  2. MBDA UK tax strategy report published

    MBDA UK Limited's 2025 tax strategy report describes MBDA UK as part of MBDA and its UK subsidiaries.

    Sources: MBDA UK tax strategy report 2025

  3. UK announces CAMM missile investment

    The UK government announced missile-system investments that included a CAMM production contract, describing the missile as designed and manufactured by MBDA UK at Bolton, Stevenage, and Henlow.

    Sources: GOV.UK CAMM contract announcement

  4. Bolton manufacturing facility opened

    MBDA announced the opening of a high-tech manufacturing facility in Bolton by the UK Defence Secretary, reinforcing the company's UK production footprint.

    Sources: MBDA Bolton facility opening

Website links
MBDA in the UKLegal informationMBDA historyMBDA vision and strategyBrimstone product pageSea Ceptor product pageGOV.UK CAMM contract announcement

Public MBDA materials alternate between the collective brand MBDA UK and the legal entity MBDA UK Limited, so the profile keeps the short catalog name and uses the legal form as an alias. No geocoded headquarters map was added because the public sources reviewed here provide a reliable Stevenage address but not a clean map-center source.

Manufacturer Sources

  • MBDA in the UKPublisher: MBDA | Note: Supports MBDA UK's public identity, UK operating footprint, and its role as a strategic partner to the UK Ministry of Defence for complex weapon systems. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Legal informationPublisher: MBDA | Note: Supports the legal entity name MBDA UK Limited and the public Stevenage postal address used by the company. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • MBDA UK tax strategy report 2025Publisher: MBDA UK Limited | Note: Supports MBDA UK as part of MBDA and the current UK corporate framing for MBDA UK Limited and its subsidiaries. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • MBDA historyPublisher: MBDA | Note: Supports MBDA's December 2001 creation through the consolidation of the missiles businesses of Airbus Group, BAE Systems, and Leonardo. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • MBDA vision and strategyPublisher: MBDA | Note: Supports the group's missile-manufacturing scope and shareholder background that underpins the MBDA UK operating company. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Brimstone product pagePublisher: MBDA | Note: Supports Brimstone as an MBDA tactical-strike missile in the company's product portfolio and the UK manufacturer connection behind the catalog entry. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Sea Ceptor product pagePublisher: MBDA | Note: Supports Sea Ceptor as the naval air-defense application of the CAMM family in MBDA's force-protection portfolio. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • GOV.UK CAMM contract announcementPublisher: UK Ministry of Defence | Note: Supports CAMM as designed and manufactured by MBDA UK at Bolton, Stevenage, and Henlow, and documents UK government procurement context for the missile family. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • MBDA Bolton facility openingPublisher: MBDA | Note: Supports MBDA UK's Bolton manufacturing footprint and the July 2018 opening of the high-tech manufacturing facility. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • ALARM RAF MuseumPublisher: Royal Air Force Museum | Note: Supports ALARM as a British anti-radiation missile in the MBDA / legacy British Aerospace lineage associated with MBDA UK. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Brimstone museum photoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and CC BY-SA 2.0 reuse context for the Brimstone museum photograph tied to MBDA UK's missile line. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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ALARM anti-radiation missile, Air-launched anti-radiation missile, Munitions1990 Gulf War, 1999 Kosovo War / Operation Allied Force +2 moreALARM anti-radiation missileAir-launched anti-radiation missileBuilt in: United KingdomALARM is a British air-launched anti-radiation missile built for suppression of enemy air defenses, using pre-planned navigation, passive radar-emission sensing, and direct or parachute-loiter attack modes. RAF Tornados fired it in the 1990 Gulf War, Kosovo, and the 2003 Iraq War, while the Yemen record identifies later Royal Saudi Air Force use as a UK-supplied munition without proving a specific radar-kill engagement.
Brimstone, Anti-tank guided missile, Munitions2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2014 War Against the Islamic State +3 moreBrimstoneAnti-tank guided missileBuilt in: United KingdomBrimstone is a British MBDA precision-guided anti-armor and strike missile family built around millimetric-wave radar guidance, with Dual Mode Brimstone and Brimstone 2 adding laser-guided and longer-range options for constrained target selection. Originally fielded from RAF aircraft, it has also been adapted into surface-launched configurations, including donated Ukrainian ground-launch use against Russian armor and formations.