MBDA Taps UAE Firm SIRBAI for AI Targeting and Swarming on Diamond Shaped Loitering Munition

MBDA and Abu Dhabi-based SIRBAI signed a memorandum of understanding at Euronaval on November 3 to study automatic target recognition and coordinated swarm flight for the Diamond Shaped loitering munition. The two-year effort covers feasibility testing, demonstrations and integration of the onboard processing hardware needed for those functions. MBDA is developing the tube-launched weapon with France’s FLY-R in the United Arab Emirates and lists a weight of 8 kilograms, a range of up to 50 kilometers and 45 minutes of endurance. The UAE Navy is the identified customer for the underlying development program.