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# MBDA chief Eric Beranger says Europe already has what it needs for sovereignty
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-03-17-mbda-beranger-european-sovereignty-briefing/
- Published: 2025-03-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:02:37.000Z
- Description: At MBDA's annual press briefing in Paris, CEO Eric Beranger said Europe already has the technology, industrial capacity and people to be sovereign in missile production, and that achieving it is now a matter of political will, not capability.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Verified Opinion AI-drafted [European Security and Defence (euro-sd.com), 19 March 2025](https://euro-sd.com/2025/03/major-news/43158/mbda-ceo-press-briefing-2025/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not commit MBDA to any new product, site or funding beyond the already announced rise in Aster missile deliveries.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)