Tiberius Aerospace signs $500M Sceptre precision-munition collaboration
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Tiberius Aerospace announced a $500 million technology collaboration contract to manufacture, license and distribute Sceptre, its ramjet-powered 155mm precision-guided munition, describing it as the first scaled deployment of its Defense-as-a-Service model. The collaboration is supported by an ITAR Technical Assistance Agreement between Tiberius and a consortium of UK technology partners, enabling cooperation across engineering, technology development and industrial participation. Sceptre is designed to deliver extended-range precision from existing NATO-standard artillery platforms. Development has included work under contract with the UK Ministry of Defence, support from the US Defense Innovation Unit, and a CRADA with the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center.
Technical significance
Licensing a munition design to allied manufacturers is a different model from exporting finished weapons, and it may let partner nations build sovereign production capacity from a shared design. The ITAR Technical Assistance Agreement is the mechanism that makes cross-border engineering cooperation on a guided munition legally possible.