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theoderich hat geschrieben: ↑Do 14. Mai 2026, 14:28 OCCAR and Austria Sign General Security Agreement

Austria is already involved in OCCAR-managed programmes through the participation of its industrial contractors in two key initiatives: #HYDIS and MALE RPAS (#Eurdrone). The HYDIS Programme focuses on the study and development of concepts to counter emerging hypersonic threats, while the MALE RPAS (Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) Programme aims to deliver a sovereign European capability for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and target acquisition.

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theoderich hat geschrieben: ↑Do 14. Mai 2026, 20:06 HYDIS Programme Successfully Achieves Mission Definition Review Milestone

The HYDIS Project has just achieved another significant milestone for the concept development of the future European counter-hypersonic and anti-ballistic interceptor by successfully completing its Final Concept Review. One interceptor concept has proven its relevance and has been selected by the Participating States (France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands), over the two concepts from the Initial Concept Review. This marks a significant step before the conclusive milestone of the Concept Phase in May 2027.

Over the past few months, the consortium partners led by MBDA have worked hard in all domains of the interceptor and weapon system design, renowned institutes, academics and start-ups - on the design and technology maturation activities. The technical activities encompassed the design studies to refine the solid rocket motor-based concepts to match our customer requirements.

The selected interceptor concept has also benefitted from the unique expertise of consortium members, notably AVIO for the Solid Rocket Motor propulsive architecture, ArianeGroup and ROXEL for the final interceptor stage control mechanism and LYNRED for the terminal IR sensor.

The consortium has also made progress on integrating this interceptor into a complete weapon system. Thales Netherlands has provided refined performance data for both naval and ground sensor suite options, while GKN Fokker has gotten forward on the integrability assessment of the ammunition into the MK41s naval launcher.

The results of these studies were scrutinised by the HYDIS customer community (OCCAR – the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation - and the 4 Participating States) along a period of six weeks, allowing a solid exchange and fruitful iterations among the customers and the consortium.

From now on until the end of the Concept Phase in 2027, the consortium will put all its effort into the refinement of a unique concept, paving the way for a strong technical basis for the following Programme phases.