MOD Minister announces FASGW(L) contract for Thales

Philip Dunne MP, Minister of Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, today announced that Thales has been awarded a contract worth €56 million (£48 million) from the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the demonstration and manufacture of the Future Anti Surface Guided Weapon (Light) system.

The contract covers the development, qualification and integration of the FASGW(L) system – which comprises a five barrel launcher and a laser guidance system – for the Agusta Westland AW159 Wildcat helicopter, and provision of deployable test equipment.

FASGW(L) is designed to use Thales’s Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM). LMM is a precision strike missile that can be fired from a variety of land, sea and airborne tactical platforms.

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