MBDA has received three contracts worth around ยฃ400 million to boost and sustain the Sea Viper principal area air defence system of the Royal Navyโs Type 45 destroyers.
MBDA UK is moving forward with a two-stage programme intended to confer the Royal Navyโs (RNโs) Sea Viper anti-air guided weapon system with an organic anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) โdetect-to-defeatโ capability later this decade.