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Tuesday, October 21, 2014 10:25 AM | |||
MBDA's Milan ER anti-tank guided missile completes firing tests campaign | |||
On
October 15, MBDA completed the firing campaign to validate the series
production of the Milan ER, as jointly scheduled with export customers.
Four totally successful firings against fixed and moving targets confirmed
the performance capabilities of the firing post, of the missile as well
as of the warhead.
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MBDA
Milan ER (Extended Response) anti-tank guided missile system during firing
test (Pic. : DGA TT) |
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This
final technical step follows the qualification of the Milan
ER weapon system that was achieved during the first half of 2014.
MBDA will now be able to finalise the production work and deliver the
first units in the spring next year, as planned.
The development of the MILAN ER system is self-funded by MBDA. The system offers the operational characteristics of the MILAN family of missiles, which are currently used by the armed forces of around forty countries worldwide, and also features latest-generation technologies with a strongly extended range, a highly powerful warhead and a fully digital firing post. The system is already chosen by 3 export customers and is attracting growing interest amongst armed forces which require a highly efficient missile at an highly competitive acquisition and life cycle cost. MBDA
CEO Antoine Bouvier declared on this occasion: "The Milan ER
missile is of particular importance to us, owing to the long performance
lineage it clearly embodies, but also because this very attractive system
allows MBDA to maintain a business and technical presence in a great number
of countries, all of which are prospective customers for higher-end products." |
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