Kamfanin tsaron Turai na MBDA ya bayyana cewa zai ƙara yawan kera makamai masu linzami da kashi 40 cikin 100 a shekarar 2026, bayan ya riga ya ninka ƙarfin samarwarsa sau biyu tsakanin 2023 da 2025. Shugaban kamfanin, Éric Béranger, ya ce wannan mataki na zuwa ne a lokacin da buƙatar makamai ke ƙaruwa sosai saboda rikicin duniya, musamman yaƙin Ukraine da tashin hankalin Gabas ta Tsakiya.
A cewarsa, kamfanin ya ninka samar da makamai masu linzami na Mistral har sau huɗu a shekara, sannan ya kai isar da makamai na Aster fiye da yadda aka tsara tun farko, musamman domin cike gibin jiragen ruwa da ke aiki a yankin Red Sea. Duk da haka, ya ce har yanzu abin da ake yi bai isa ba idan aka kwatanta da yadda bukata ke ƙaruwa a yanzu.
Saboda haka, MBDA na shirin ƙara faɗaɗa ƙarfin masana’antunsa ta hanyar ninka jarinsa a tsakanin 2026 zuwa 2030, inda ake sa ran adadin zai kai kusan euro biliyan 5. Wannan kuɗi zai taimaka wajen faɗaɗa wuraren da ake da su yanzu, gina sabbin cibiyoyi, da buɗe ƙarin masana’antu a ƙasashen Turai kamar Faransa, Birtaniya, Italiya, Spain da Jamus.
Kamfanin, wanda Airbus da BAE Systems da Leonardo ke mallaka tare, na da odar aiki da ta haura euro biliyan 44. Haka kuma yana shirin ɗaukar sabbin ma’aikata kusan 2,800 a 2026 domin tallafa wa wannan faɗaɗa aiki. A lokaci guda, MBDA na haɓaka sababbin makamai da suka dace da manyan yaƙe-yaƙe na zamani, ciki har da makamai masu rahusar farashi, jirage marasa matuƙi masu harin kai tsaye, da kuma sabbin shirye-shiryen makamai masu dogon zango da na’urorin makamashi kai tsaye kamar laser.
