MBDA Lands Denmark SAMP/NG, ASTER Order

DENMARK has selected MBDA’s SAMP/T NG system together with the ASTER missile to form the country’s long-range air and missile defence. This reinforces SAMP/T and ASTER interoperability among NATO member states.  MBDA together with Thales and Eurosam continue to lead the way in providing advanced air defence systems in response to the increasingly challenging threats facing Europe.

Denmark had already selected the MISTRAL 3 in 2024 and picked the VL MICA earlier this year, once again showing their trust in MBDA’s multi-layered solutions designed to strengthen the air defence of any country and continent.

Due to enter service soon with France and Italy , the SAMP/T NG offers a multi-layer capability through integration and coordination with short and very-short range air defence (SHORAD and V-SHORAD) assets, enabling full integration into national and NATO air defence networks. It provides 360° protection to dense civilian environments, troops along with sensitive military sites, capable of defeating all types of threats simultaneously, including countering emerging and future threats.

The platform’s diverse ability even includes manoeuvring ballistic missiles, re-entry vehicle ballistic missiles, high speed tactical missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and highly manoeuvring aircraft in saturating attack scenarios, all in challenging electronic warfare (EW) and contested environments.

The SAMP/T NG was developed through an Italian-French cooperation and utilises the ASTER family of missiles (ASTER 30 B1 and ASTER B1NT) that are the cornerstone of Europe’s land and naval based missile defence. ASTER is the essential European missile family to protect airspaces and increase defence capabilities, as demonstrated by its use in the Red Sea and Ukraine.

The latest ASTER B1NT missile provides an extended air defence domain and an improved interception capability to face the evolution of new complex threats. In the summer of 2025, France’s defence procurement and technology agency–the DGA successfully test-fired the missile for the second time, validating the missile’s efficacy at very long range and at high altitude of flight beyond 25km.

MBDA continues its commitment to cooperation and innovation at the service of nations’ sovereignty as the only European group offering a comprehensive portfolio of sovereign capabilities. In addition to reinforcing European defence readiness, MBDA remains ready to strengthen air defences across the Asia-Pacific region with the company’s participation in Seoul’s ADEX 2025.

Several countries in the Asia-Pacific have been modernising their air power through the procurement of new fighter aircraft, with investments in air defences on the uptrend too. In its 2026 defence budget presented recently, Malaysia has outlined requirements for very-short, short and medium-range air defence (VSHORAD, SHORAD, MERAD) platforms for the Malaysian Army and Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) respectively. –-shp/adj/dl (Pix:MBDA)