Defence ministers have endorsed on 19 November the EU BLOS (Beyond Line Of Sight) project amongst a list of 17 defence projects aiming at being implemented in the frame of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). Proposed by France and supported by Belgium and Cyprus, the EU BLOS project is the first missile system project to benefit from this new cooperation framework.
MBDA's MMP (Missile à Moyenne Portée, Medium-Range Missile) is currently entering service in the French army (Picture source: MBDA/Laurent Guichardon) |