2nd Successful Firing of MBDA’s MMP Land Combat Missile

18.02.2015 Products
2nd Successful Firing of MBDA’s MMP Land Combat Missile

2nd Successful Firing of MBDA’s MMP Land Combat Missile

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On 12th February, 2015, another test firing of the MMP missile took place at the French Procurement Agency DGA Techniques Terrestres site in Bourges central France.


This latest firing, against a steel target positioned at an intermediate range, was carried out in lock on before launch mode (fire-and-forget) using the missile seeker’s color TV channel. All aspects of the test, covering launch, flight trajectory and target impact, took place optimally and fully conformed to the simulations of MBDA’s project teams.

This firing took place a few days after the first MMP test firing during which the missile confirmed its excellent accuracy after locking on after launch against a target at a range of more than 4,000m and which was hidden from view at launch.

With this firing, another element in the analysis of MMP’s deployment envelope has been accomplished, the major part of which has already been completed. The main features that have been demonstrated in flight to date involve firing at long and intermediate ranges and using two types of missile trajectory (high and intermediate), seeker guidance via both the visible TV and non-cooled infrared channels, target lock on before and after launch, the latter thanks to the fiber-optic data-link.

MMP is a high technology, new generation missile forming one of the French MoD’s new programs within the Military Planning Act 2014-2019 aimed at modernizing the French Army.

Conceived by MBDA France, this versatile missile is currently in its development phase following the notification of a development contract by the DGA on 3rd December 2013. It will enable the armed forces to neutralize, with a high level of precision, the many different types of target that might be confronted during operations, ensuring that collateral damage is kept to a minimum and at the same time maximizing the safety of the operator. The delivery date of the system to the French Army is scheduled for 2017.

Further test firings have already been programmed by the DGA Techniques Terrestres to take place during the first quarter of 2015.

 

 

File Photo: First Firing of MBDA’s MMP

 



 
 

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