Sea Ceptor to arm Canadian Surface Combatant
The vertical-launch Sea Ceptor air defence system. (Photo: MBDA)
MBDA will provide its Sea Ceptor air defence system for new Canadian frigates.
MBDA on 19 April announced a contract from Lockheed Martin Canada to equip Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) frigates with the Sea Ceptor air defence weapon system.
Firing the Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM), Sea Ceptor will undertake the close-in air defence role on the new CSC frigates for the Royal Canadian Navy.
MBDA claimed: ‘Sea Ceptor provides exceptional self-defence performance, with a rapid response time and a high rate of fire to defeat multiple threats simultaneously. Its state-of-the-art Soft Vertical Launch (SVL) technology enables full 360° coverage with close-range performance normally only associated with trainable launcher systems.’
Sea Ceptor will be integrated with the Combat Management System 330 (CMS 330) from Lockheed Martin Canada as part of a multi-tier air defence capability.
The CAMM missiles will be quad-packed in the Lockheed Extensible Launcher System, which is part of the Mk41 family of vertical launcher systems (VLSs). Shephard Defence Insight notes that the 15 planned CSC frigates will be armed with a 32-cell VLS.
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