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Wednesday, April 06, 2011

UK orders Thales lightweight multi-role missiles for Lynx Wildcat

AW159 Lynx WildcatThales UK has secured a 1,000-unit launch order for its lightweight multi-role missile (LMM), less than three years after revealing its development work on the modular design.

Announcing its success on 5 April, the company says the breakthrough order is the result of a new agreement with the UK Ministry of Defence "to re-role previously contracted budgets".

Full-scale development and series production of a laser beam-riding version of the LMM will be launched to equip the UK Royal Navy's AgustaWestland Lynx Wildcat helicopters. Formal selection of the design meets the MoD's requirement to arm the type with a future anti-surface guided weapon light.

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