Next Generation Multiple Warhead System
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The Next Generation Multiple Warhead System, or NGMWS, is a weapon developed by MBDA
to defeat hard and deeply buried targets (hence an alternative name, HARDBUT).
The system includes a precursor charge and a follow-through bomb. Development was funded by the British and French ministries of defense.
MBDA
MBDA is a missile developer and manufacturer with operations in France, Britain, Germany, Italy, and the United States. It was formed by a merger of Aérospatiale-Matra Missiles , Finmeccanica and Matra BAe Dynamics in December 2001. In 2003 the company had 10,000 employees...
to defeat hard and deeply buried targets (hence an alternative name, HARDBUT).
The system includes a precursor charge and a follow-through bomb. Development was funded by the British and French ministries of defense.