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AW159 Wildcat conducts first Martlet LMM firing test

26th May 2020 - 17:00 GMT | by The Shephard News Team

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Leonardo and Thales reported on 26 May that the AW159 Wildcat helicopter had completed the first successful test firing of the Thales Martlet Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM).

A series of trials to demonstrate integration of the LMM with Leonardo’s Wildcat took place from 27 April until 21 May 2020, as part of the UK MoD’s Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon (FASGW) programme.

Nick Whitney, managing director of Leonardo Helicopters UK, said: ‘the combination of the AW159 Wildcat and Martlet missile will be a flexible and effective tool for the RN. Next year the Wildcat fleet will embark on Carrier Strike Group missions with HMS Queen Elizabeth on its maiden operational deployment.’

Leonardo signed a 2014 contract with MBDA to integrate and install its Sea Venom/ANL heavy missile with the Wildcat. The same contract also included the integration of Thales’ light missile systems.

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