, Kuwait has awarded global missile systems group MBDA a contract to upgrade its Aspide air defence missile batteries deployed by the Kuwaiti air defence brigade.
The EUR65 million contract, to be performed over three years, covers the modernisation of the standard Aspide missile to the improved Aspide 2000 configuration. SPADA 2000 is an advanced, ground-based missile system capable of operating in dense ECM environments to provide all weather, day and night area defence against combat aircraft and incoming missiles. It is a development from the original Spada/Aspide system and now benefits from advanced technologies to increase the engagement range of the missile as well as interception capability, particularly of highly manoeuvrable targets at low level.
The contract also covers the supply of ancillary equipment to ensure advanced in-service support and maintenance as well as the necessary modification systems for the Amoun missiles to configure them to the new Aspide 2000 standard.
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