SHOW REPORT
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Seek and destroy
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MBDA announces major milestones at Farnborough Air Show
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Navalised Brimstone
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Farnborough: Airbus Military and MBDA have successfully completed the first flight of the C295 maritime patrol aircraft with an instrumented Marte MK2/S anti-ship inert missile installed under the wing.
The flight was the first of a series of trials planned in a joint Airbus Military – MBDA collaboration to validate the aerodynamic integration of Marte on the C295. Subsequent flights will include handling quality tests and aircraft flight performance tests. This initiative successfully aligns with the defence industry strategy shared by MBDA in Spain and Airbus Military.
The MBDA Marte MK2/S missile is a fire-and-forget, all-weather, medium-range sea-skimming anti-ship weapon system,
equipped with inertial mid-course guidance and radar homing terminal guidance and capable of
destroying small vessels and heavily
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damaging major vessels. The missile has a weight of 310kg and is 3.85 m long. In the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) role, the C295 is already in-service carrying the MK42 torpedo. The Marte Mk2/S is already integrated on the AW-101 and the NFH-90 naval helicopters.
Dual Mode Brimstone
The first firing of an operational Dual Mode Brimstone missile in the month of June against a Fast In-Shore Attack Craft (FIAC) proved to be a resounding success and a clear demonstration of the unmatched operational flexibility that the weapon provides for air, naval and land based platforms.
“This latest firing was a great success for the team” said Paul Stanley, MBDA International Market Development Director. “This additional capability builds upon the data gathered in March and demonstrates Brimstone’s low collateral yet lethal effects against moving and manoeuvring FIACs. It also significantly advances and confirms MBDA’s ability to offer customers as of now an extremely effective, anti swarming FIAC capability using our world leading, combat proven Brimstone missile in its millimetre wave (mmW) version.”
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