NEW DELHI - India is looking to win additional export orders for its BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system. New Delhi is in talks with two ASEAN nations and contracts could be signed before the end of 2025. Negotiations are in their final stages.

India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia's NPO Mashinostroyeniya developed the BrahMos missile. The system is in service with the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force.

The first export sale was to the Philippines.

Source: Bharatshakti
Associated URL: https://bharatshakti.in/brahmos-boom-india-set-to-export-missiles-to-asean-nations/
Author: Huma Siddiqui 

PARIS - After an agreement signed in June 2023 between MBDA and Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI), a new milestone has been achieved on October 20th 2025, with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the integration of the SPEAR Air-to-Ground missile onto the KF-21 Boramae fighter jet.

Announced during Seoul ADEX 2025, this MoU represents reinforced cooperation between MBDA and KAI, and will strengthen the KF-21's precision-strike capability, combining KAI's next generation fighter with MBDA's expertise in complex weapon systems.

Already equipped with the METEOR Air-to-Air missile, the Korean KF-21 fighter jet will have enhanced air-to-ground capability, with the integration of the SPEAR. This is MBDA's latest capability for providing a low collateral damage precision effect, enhanced platform/weapon survivability, a high load out for increased persistence.

Powered by a turbojet engine, and with a fitted with a precision effects warhead, plus an advanced multi-sensor seeker, the SPEAR missile can engage beyond the horizon a wide range of target types, both on land and at sea.

Following the June 2023 agreement, this MoU reinforces the strong partnership between both companies, who have shown dedication and common goal to further explore new opportunities for the integration of new MBDA weapons onto KAI platforms.

Source: MBDA
Associated URL: https://www.mbda-systems.com/integration-spear-missiles-kf-21-boramae-fighter

SEOUL - Northrop Grumman Corporation and LIG Nex1 formalized their commitment to enhance the Republic of Korea's air and missile defense capabilities by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Seoul ADEX International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition.

Through this collaboration the companies will leverage their respective specialized defense technologies during a series of technical exchanges and engineering assessments.

Northrop Grumman's expertise in air and missile defense command and control systems, as demonstrated in the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS), complements LIG Nex1's role in Korea's indigenous missile defense systems. These systems include Cheongung-II (M-SAM II), Korean Air and Missile Defense system, L-SAM, and command, control, communications, and intelligence system integration.

Experts: Jeremy Knupp, vice president, global command and control solutions, Northrop Grumman: "Northrop Grumman is committed to developing innovative, sovereign solutions that enhance the performance and effectiveness of current and future integrated air and missile defense systems. This partnership with LIG Nex1 underscores our dedication to collaborating with the Korean defense industry to deliver advanced, cost-effective capabilities that strengthen Korea's homeland defense and ensure adaptability to evolving threats."

Tae-Sik Park, president, missile system group, LIG Nex1: "We are pleased that this cooperation with Northrop Grumman opens up broader opportunities to explore various projects in both domestic and international air defense missile markets."

Details on Northrop Grumman’s IAMD Command and Control Capabilities: IBCS is a revolutionary system that delivers fire control quality and battle management, unifying current and future systems regardless of source, service or domain. Through its network enabled, modular, open and scalable architecture, IBCS fuses sensor data for a single, actionable picture of the full battlespace. This ready-now capability gives warfighters more time to assess and respond to threats, serving as a foundational element for enabling joint and coalition, multi-domain operations IBCS is in production and will be fielded as part of the U.S. Army's program of record for integrated air and missile defense modernization.

Source: Northrop Grumman
Associated URL: https://news.northropgrumman.com/partnerships/Northrop-Grumman-LIG-Nex1-Collaborate-to-Strengthen-Republic-of-Korea%E2%80%99s-Air-and-Missile-Defense-Capabilities