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Sweden has signed an agreement with European multinational group MBDA for the delivery of common anti-air modular missiles for the Swedish Armed Forces.
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MBDA will supply common anti-air modular missiles (CAMM) for the Royal Swedish Navy’s five Visby Class corvettes, which will deploy them from MBDA’s Sea Ceptor naval air defence system under the agreement signed by the company and Swedish Defence Materiel Administration FMV.
Sea Ceptor, the latest generation naval air defence system, provides robust self-defence and local area air defence against simultaneous attacks, including saturation attacks, across a full 360-degree threat axis. The system has a wide target set to counter advanced threats such as supersonic anti-ship missiles, attack helicopters, and uncrewed air vehicles.
“CAMM will provide Sweden and the Royal Swedish Navy with a formidable air defence capability that gives the country a strong new contribution to NATO, together with other allied Sea Ceptor users like the Royal Navy from the United Kingdom,” according to MBDA chief executive officer Eric Beranger.
“We’re proud also to be continuing our long history of partnership with Sweden and Swedish industry, including Saab.”
Sweden’s SAAB is a member of the joint partnership with MBDA on the TAURUS cruise missile, while the country is also cooperating on the AKERON MP French fifth-generation network-enabled anti-tank guided missile system and as a strategic partner nation on the MBDA-led Meteor missile program.
Elsewhere in Scandinavia, the Norwegian government has announced investment plans to strengthen air defence in Norway by ordering new NASAMS air defence systems from Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace.
That proposed purchase includes eight launcher units and four fire control centres for NASAMS, replacing equipment donated to Ukraine earlier this year.
Norwegian authorities also announced plans to buy new missiles for air defence vehicles and three different missiles for NASAMS with various range capabilities, with NASAMS missiles to be ordered directly from Raytheon.
The investments are subject to Norwegian parliamentary approval, and individual contracts will be announced when they have been concluded.
“NASAMS air defence is the result of the longstanding cooperation between the Norwegian Armed Forces, the authorities, research institutions and private industry, and today’s news from the government will contribute to the further development of NASAMS,” according to Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace president Eirik Lie.
“This is an example of the long-term commitments the industry needs to continue to increase production capacity and delivery capabilities.
“In recent years, Kongsberg has invested in expanding its own delivery capacity, and at the same time, strengthened ties to the many Norwegian and international suppliers that contribute to making NASAMS competitive internationally.”
