Expodefensa 2025: EDGE MANSUP-ER anti-ship missile extends sea control beyond 200 km.

Brazilian firm SIATT, part of the UAE-based EDGE Group, is showcasing the extended range MANSUP-ER anti-ship missile at Expodefensa 2025 in Bogotá, including a full coastal and naval launch package. Designed to strike targets beyond 200 kilometers while sea skimming and using an active radar seeker, the system targets navies and coastal forces that want longer reach without rebuilding existing launch infrastructure.

At this year's Expodefensa defense and security exhibition in Bogotá, Brazilian missile house SIATT is using the regional spotlight to roll out the MANSUP-ER, an extended range evolution of Brazil's indigenous MANSUP anti-ship missile. On the company stand, backed by parent group EDGE, SIATT is displaying the complete weapon system, from encapsulated launch tube and missile round to test gear, consoles, and logistics package, and pitching it to Latin American and other coastal forces that want to push anti-ship engagement ranges well over the horizon while retaining compatibility with launch systems already in service.
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MANSUP-ER is described as a development of the original MANSUP missile, with a range of more than 200 kilometers (Picture source: Army Recognition)

MANSUP-ER is described as a development of the original MANSUP missile, with a range of more than 200 kilometers. The missile is 4.90 meters long, with a diameter of 350 millimeters, a maximum wingspan of 1,135 millimeters, and a mass of 760 kilograms. In the so-called “all-up round” configuration, meaning the missile packaged inside its launch tube, the complete round reaches 6.20 meters in length, 570 millimeters in diameter, and a mass of 1,150.5 kilograms. This encapsulated configuration simplifies storage, transport, and integration on surface combatants or land vehicles fitted with compatible launchers. The launch system is the same as the standard MANSUP, which allows operation from installations already in service with naval users.

Propulsion relies on a solid-propellant booster for the initial phase and a turbojet for the cruise phase. This arrangement enables rapid acceleration to transonic speed and then maintains a stable regime throughout the flight. The trajectory profile is based on a sea-skimming flight, adjustable to sea state to reduce exposure to opposing radar detection. The missile can also overfly coastal and land areas before descending again to sea-skimming altitude on the way to the target, which multiplies routing options and complicates the work of naval defence systems.

Guidance combines inertial navigation and a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) aid, both systems using pre-programmed three-dimensional waypoints. This architecture allows the trajectory to be adapted to the geography of the area of operations while maintaining course accuracy over long distances. In the terminal phase, an active radar seeker, described as resistant to jamming, is used for target detection and tracking. The seeker follows target manoeuvres and takes evasive movements into account, which increases the probability of a hit even when electronic countermeasures are employed.

The warhead fitted on MANSUP-ER weighs 150 kilograms and is described as insensitive, producing combined blast and fragmentation effects. Initiation can be set either by impact fuze or by proximity fuze, allowing the effect to be adjusted depending on the desired detonation distance from the hull or superstructure of the ship being engaged. This configuration matches the typical requirements of anti-ship missions, where the objective is to cause widespread damage to vital structures and mission systems of the opposing platform.

SIATT stresses the possibility of salvo firing and simultaneous attacks against the same naval force, with the aim of saturating close-in defence and interception systems. Mission diagrams show a route built around waypoints, combining terrain overflight, INS/GNSS navigation, and a final descent to sea-skimming altitude before acquisition by the active radar seeker. The weapon system includes the interface with the combat management system, firing consoles, a launcher test bench, and a logistic package covering maintenance means, technical documentation, operator training, and spare parts. SIATT positions itself as a specialist in the design and manufacture of smart munitions as well as onboard electronic components, and relies on its membership of the EDGE group to offer an anti-ship missile integrated into a wider portfolio of sensors and guided weapons.

The presence of MANSUP-ER at Expodefensa 2025 reflects the manufacturer’s intention to secure a place on the regional market for long-range anti-ship missiles. In a context of modernisation of coastal and naval capabilities in Latin America and beyond, this missile has the potential to enter the inventories of several states, while illustrating the growing role of SIATT and EDGE in the global chain of precision strike systems.