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ROTRON IS GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH MBDA’S CROSSBOW AND MGI’S TIGERSHARK IN „PROJECT BRAKESTOP“ 🚨
MBDA‘s „Crossbow“ is the safe heavyweight. from one of Europe’s biggest defense players. turbojet-powered and probably the lowest „will the MoD actually trust this?” risk.
✔️ up to 300 kg payload, 800+ km range.
MGI’s „TigerShark“ is the speed play. built to punch through fast and hit deep.
✔️ up to 300 kg payload, approximately 1,000 km range, 650 km/h cruise speed and 750 km/h max speed
ROTRON‘s Skylance is the odd one out. propeller-driven and built around a lower-cost, attritable logic. less „sexy” on paper, but exactly the type of mass-deployable long-range effector modern warfare is moving toward.
✔️ up to 300 kg payload, 1,200 km range with full load, up to 2,700 km with reduced load
what makes „Project Brakestop“ so interesting is that these three systems are barely even trying to solve the problem the same way. the UK is effectively testing three completely different philosophies at once:
✔️ established missile giant (MBDA)
✔️ high-speed engineering play (MGI)
✔️ mass-warfare disruptor (ROTRON)