A global missile manufacturer is planning to hire hundreds of people across its UK operations in the coming year.
MBDA, which has UK bases in Bristol, Bolton and Stevenage, is a joint venture between Airbus (37.5%), BAE Systems (37.5%) and Leonardo (25%). It has more than 12.000 employees working across France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the US and UK.
The business designs and manufactures products used by Britain's Armed Forces. Last year, it won a £550m Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract to develop an air-to-ground strike weapon for the UK F-35 combat aircraft.
