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First firing for MBDA’s Sea Venom

7th July 2017 - 14:30 GMT | by The Shephard News Team

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MBDA’s Sea Venom/ANL anti-ship missile has successfully completed its first firing at the Île du Levant test range in France, the company announced on 4 July.

The Anglo-French missile is being developed to deliver an enhanced capability and replace existing and legacy systems such as the UK's Sea Skua and France's AS15TT anti-ship missiles.

The trial of the 100kg class missile was conducted from a Dauphin test bed helicopter owned by the French defence procurement agency DGA.

Jointly ordered in 2014, the Sea Venom/ANL project has been developed 50/50 between the UK and France and has played a key part in the creation of shared centres of excellence on missile technologies in both countries.

In UK, the missile is expected to be used from the AW159 Wildcat helicopter, while France will operate the missile from its new Hélicoptère Interarmées Léger. The missile has been designed for use from the different platforms, with air carriage trials having been conducted to demonstrate compatibility of the missile on legacy Lynx helicopters.

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