Europe’s leading provider of missile systems, MBDA, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Arkeus to explore the application of Arkeus’ low-cost optical seekers to satisfy Australian and International customers.

With locations in in the United Kingdom,France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the USA, MBDA offers a comprehensive product range incorporating today’s most advanced technologies and is the only European group capable of designing and producing missiles and missile systems to meet the whole range of current and future needs of the three armed forces (land, sea and air).

As a world leader in the provision of autonomous optical systems, Arkeus is at the forefront of development of optical capabilities rightsized for the mission. Acknowledging the rapid transition to cost effective capabilities, manufactured at the speed and scale of relevance, Arkeus has been at the forefront of providing a sovereign technology advantage for the Australian Defence Force (ADF)

Since its founding, Arkeus has thrown out the traditions of high cost, slow to market capability that has traditionally dominated the defence industry. Our sovereign designed and manufactured autonomous optical systems are priced to deliver an effect relative to its cost, delivering disruptive ISR and kinetic effect.

“This MOU epitomises the ambition of AUKUS Pillar 2, by combining our disruptive low-cost autonomous optical systems with the operational experience and technical foundation of the world leading provider of missile systems, MBDA”, explained Simon Olsen, Arkeus Business Development Lead and CEO following the signing of the MOU. “We are looking forward to bringing the benefit of this MOU to satisfying the Australian Department of Defence’s Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise requirements, along with our other customers around the world”, said Olsen.