CAMM - Common Anti-Air Modular Missile

Mobile air defense missile system - United Kingdom

The CAMM (Common Anti-Air Modular Missile) series is a family of surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles developed by MBDA for the United Kingdom. MBDA has developed a common missile that will meet the future anti-air target requirements of Navies, Armies, and Air Forces. Given that the target set, ranging from fast jets and helicopters to cruise missiles and UAVs, is similar across the sea, land and air domains, a weapon solution maximizing modularity and commonality has obvious cost and logistics benefits. The CAMM will provide future land forces with an easily transportable and rapidly deployable local area air defense capability, which can operate as a stand-alone unit or be integrated within a future battle-space network. If 3rd party targeting information is available via the battle-space network, then CAMM is capable of engaging Non-Line of Sight (NLOS) targets. This NLOS feature is particularly attractive for engaging concealed attack helicopters and low-flying terrain-following cruise missiles. The CAMM Land variant was ordered by the United Kingdom to replace the Rapier. The Soft Vertical Launch was proven over a series of trials, culminating in a successful truck launch in May 2011. In May 2014, the British MoD ordered the Land variant of the Future Local Area Air Defence System (FLAADS Land), the CAMM. FLAADS is part of a wider UK 'Complex Weapons' program to deliver a variety of UK industry-based weapons. FLAADS is intended to deliver a common weapons platform (the Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM)) to equip forces in the air, land, and maritime environments. On September 6, 2022, MBDA announced the delivery to Poland of the first tow launcher vehicles of the CAMM air defense missile system. In June 2023, the Polish armed forces conducted the first firing test with the CAMM air defense missile system. 

CAMM Common Anti-Air Modular Missile variants:

- CAMM Sea Ceptor: As part of the Sea Ceptor weapon system, CAMM provides a 360° air defense capability for naval forces out to ranges greater than 25km against the current and future air threat. Requiring no dedicated tracker/illuminator radars, CAMM can be cued by the ship’s own standard surveillance radar to provide high levels of protection against multiple simultaneous targets in the open ocean and littoral environments. It can also be used against surface targets. CAMM launch canisters are compatible with SYLVER and Mk41 family launch silos with CAMM utilizing features such as folding missile fins to maximize launch canister packing density. The introduction of “soft launch” techniques reduces system mass and allows for more flexibility in terms of installation positions on a ship.
- CAMM Air Operations: The same CAMM missile design for Navies and Armies is easily adaptable by MBDA for Air Force use on Fast Jets. MBDA's experience from ASRAAM and Meteor ensures world-class performance will be achieved. MBDA has been working with the MoD on assessing how CAMM technology could be used to sustain or enhance the Royal Air Force's ASRAAM capability in the future.