Thales Reveals 6-Kg Glide Bomb For UAVs

Thales has developed a ready-for-market precision-guided bomb based on its Lightweight Multi-role Missile (LMM) designed for use on small unmanned air systems.

The weapon, known as the FreeFall LMM or FFLMM, is a 70-cm (28-in.) long, 6-kg (13-lb.) glide bomb with many of the common components used on the LMM missile developed by Thales to meet the U.K. Defense Ministry’s Future Air-to-Surface Guided Weapon (Light) (FASGW (L)) requirement.

The FFLMM was developed by Thales at its missiles division based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but the company has partnered with Textron, who will act as the U.S. market partner in the weapon’s development. Textron will market the weapon as the Fury, alongside its heavier G-CLAW glide bomb.

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