{"id":243220,"date":"2026-04-07T08:44:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=243220"},"modified":"2026-07-17T10:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:39:09","slug":"france-and-britain-race-to-replace-europes-best-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/de\/france-and-britain-race-to-replace-europes-best-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"France and Britain Race to Replace Europe&#8217;s Best Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4f8;border-left:4px solid #1a3a5c;padding:18px 22px;margin-bottom:28px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:15px;line-height:1.7\">\n<strong style=\"font-size:17px;display:block;margin-bottom:8px\">Quick Facts<\/strong>\n<strong>Agreement<\/strong> Memorandum of Understanding signed April 1, 2026<br>\n<strong>Partners<\/strong> United Kingdom and France<br>\n<strong>Purpose<\/strong> 12-month joint study into a successor to the MBDA Meteor BVRAAM<br>\n<strong>Current Missile<\/strong> MBDA Meteor \u2014 ramjet-powered, 100+ km range, in service on Typhoon, <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/rafale\">Rafale<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/saab-gripen\">Gripen<\/a><br>\n<strong>Why Now<\/strong> Emerging threats including China's PL-17 ultra-long-range AAM and advancing electronic countermeasures<br>\n<strong>Framework<\/strong> Lancaster House 2.0 bilateral defence agreement (signed July 2025)<br>\n<strong>Coordination<\/strong> Joint Complex Weapons Portfolio Office within OCCAR\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=604124765  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/88\/ILA_2008_PD_446.JPG\/960px-ILA_2008_PD_446.JPG\" alt=\"MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile\" style=\"display:block;width:100%!important;max-width:100%!important;height:auto!important;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The MBDA Meteor \u2014 currently Europe's most capable air-to-air missile, with a ramjet motor that gives it a no-escape zone far larger than conventional rocket-powered weapons. (Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best air-to-air missile in European service is not good enough anymore. On April 1, the United Kingdom and France signed a memorandum of understanding to begin a 12-month joint study into what comes after the MBDA Meteor \u2014 the ramjet-powered beyond-visual-range missile that currently arms Typhoon, Rafale, and Gripen fighters across a dozen air forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Meteor is widely considered the most capable Western BVRAAM in service. Its throttleable ramjet motor gives it a no-escape zone significantly larger than the American AIM-120 AMRAAM, and it has been a genuine success story for European defence cooperation. But the threat is evolving faster than the missile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China's PL-17, reportedly capable of engaging targets at ranges beyond 300 kilometres, has concentrated minds in London and Paris. So have advances in electronic countermeasures, stealth technology, and the proliferation of networked air defence systems that can coordinate to defeat incoming missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-top:22px\">Lancaster House 2.0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MOU is a deliverable from the Lancaster House 2.0 agreement \u2014 the bilateral defence and security framework signed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Emmanuel Macron in London on July 10, 2025. That pact committed both nations to deeper cooperation on next-generation weapons, and the Meteor successor study is the first concrete missile programme to emerge from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A joint Complex Weapons Portfolio Office will be established within OCCAR, the European defence procurement agency, to coordinate the study and align national priorities. The 12-month timeline is deliberately tight \u2014 the goal is not to design a missile but to define what the next missile needs to do, which technologies should go into it, and how to structure the development programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MBDA, which built the Meteor and is jointly owned by Airbus, BAE Systems, and Leonardo, is the obvious candidate to develop whatever emerges. But the study phase will also assess whether new entrants or technologies from outside the traditional missile industry should play a role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=1933374256  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/9d\/RAF_fighter_jets_see_off_Russian_military_aircraft_in_Scotland_MOD_45166160.jpg\/960px-RAF_fighter_jets_see_off_Russian_military_aircraft_in_Scotland_MOD_45166160.jpg\" alt=\"Eurofighter Typhoon carrying missiles\" style=\"display:block;width:100%!important;max-width:100%!important;height:auto!important;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A Eurofighter Typhoon \u2014 one of the platforms that currently carries the Meteor missile. Its successor will need to arm the next generation of European fighters, including GCAP. (Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-top:22px\">Why the Meteor Is Not Enough<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Meteor entered service in 2016 and represented a genuine leap forward. Its ramjet sustainer motor \u2014 which breathes air rather than carrying its own oxidiser \u2014 gives it far more energy at long range than any rocket-powered competitor. Where a conventional missile's motor burns out after a few seconds, leaving it to coast on dwindling speed, the Meteor keeps accelerating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But air combat is entering a new era. Fifth- and sixth-generation fighters are stealthier, harder to detect, and can engage from further away. Drone swarms present a problem of volume \u2014 dozens of targets approaching simultaneously. And China's PL-17 threatens to outrange every Western missile in service, potentially forcing NATO fighters into a disadvantaged first-shot scenario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The successor will need to fly further, hit harder, and think smarter. That likely means some combination of improved propulsion, more sophisticated seekers with multi-mode guidance, and possibly networked capabilities that allow missiles to share targeting data in flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-top:22px\">Arming the Next Generation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The timing matters because both nations are building new fighters. The UK's GCAP programme \u2014 a joint effort with Italy and Japan \u2014 aims to deliver a sixth-generation combat aircraft in the mid-2030s. France is leading the SCAF programme with Germany and Spain. Both aircraft will need a missile that matches their ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Designing a missile takes a decade or more from concept to cockpit. Starting the study now gives the programme just enough runway to deliver a weapon in time for these new platforms. Wait another two years, and the maths stop working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For two nations that do not always agree on defence priorities, the speed and specificity of this agreement is notable. The message is clear: Europe's air-to-air dominance is not guaranteed, and the work to maintain it starts now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sources: FlightGlobal, Aviation Week, UK Defence Equipment &amp; Support, Army Recognition<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<!-- mf-faq -->\n\n<div class=\"mf-faq-block\"><style>.mf-faq-block{margin:34px 0}.mf-faq-item:not([open]) .mf-faq-answer{display:none !important}.mf-faq-block h2.mf-faq-h{padding-top:22px;margin-bottom:14px}.mf-faq-item{border:1px solid #e2e8f5;border-radius:8px;margin:0 0 10px;background:#fff}.mf-faq-item summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;padding:15px 50px 15px 18px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;position:relative;line-height:1.45;user-select:none}.mf-faq-item summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mf-faq-item summary::after{content:\"+\";position:absolute;right:18px;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);font-size:1.5em;font-weight:400;color:#5C91FF;line-height:1}.mf-faq-item[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mf-faq-item[open] summary{border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f8}.mf-faq-item summary:hover{background:#f5f8ff}.mf-faq-answer{padding:14px 18px;color:#333;line-height:1.6}.mf-faq-answer p{margin:0}.mf-faq-answer a{color:#5C91FF}<\/style><h2 class=\"mf-faq-h\">Related Questions<\/h2><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>What is the MBDA Meteor missile?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>The MBDA Meteor is a European beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile and is considered the most capable weapon of its kind in European service. Unusually, it is powered by a ramjet motor that keeps thrust available throughout the flight, giving it a large \"no-escape zone.\" It arms fighters including the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/typhoon-fires-drone-killing-rockets-in-uk-first\/\">Eurofighter Typhoon<\/a>, Rafale and Gripen.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>What is a BVRAAM?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>BVRAAM stands for beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, a weapon designed to destroy enemy aircraft at distances far greater than a pilot can see. These missiles rely on radar or other guidance to engage targets tens of kilometres away, and the MBDA Meteor is Europe's leading example.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>Why does the Meteor missile have a large no-escape zone?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>The Meteor uses a ramjet engine rather than a conventional rocket motor, so it can keep producing thrust deep into its flight instead of coasting after a short boost. That sustained energy lets it chase down manoeuvring targets at long range, creating a much larger \"no-escape zone\" than rocket-powered rivals.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>Which fighter jets carry the Meteor missile?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>The Meteor is integrated on several European fighters, including the Eurofighter Typhoon, the Dassault Rafale and the Saab Gripen. Its long reach is a key part of the air-to-air punch of aircraft like the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/typhoon-fires-drone-killing-rockets-in-uk-first\/\">Typhoon<\/a>, which has been cleared to fire a range of advanced air-launched weapons.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>Why do Britain and France want a new air-to-air missile?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>Britain and France signed a memorandum of understanding in April 2026 to study a Meteor successor, driven by emerging threats such as China's very-long-range PL-17 missile and improving electronic countermeasures. 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