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# MBDA to invest GBP 200 million, create 700 jobs at its Bolton missile site
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-05-22-mbda-bolton-investment/
- Published: 2025-05-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T04:01:11.000Z
- Description: MBDA will invest GBP 200 million to expand missile manufacturing at its Bolton site, creating 700 jobs, part of a wider GBP 500 million UK commitment. The move follows the new UK-EU Security and Defence Partnership opening EU defence funding to UK firms.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [ADS Group industry news (republishing UK government announcement), 22 May 2025](https://www.adsgroup.org.uk/knowledge/industry-member-news/mbda-expands-bolton-site/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish whether UK firms have yet won any contracts under the EU's SAFE loan scheme.

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