Rival guided-missile houses MBDA and Raytheon Missile Systems are addressing emergent operational requirements for surface-launched precision engagement against FIAC swarms. What is notable is that the two companies are coming at the defensive anti-surface warfare (ASuW) problem from very different standpoints. MBDA has worked under private venture funding to adapt the existing air-launched Brimstone missile under the product name Brimstone Sea Spear. This surface-launched variant has been designed to leverage the all-weather millimetre wave (mmW) seeker of the 'fire and forget' Brimstone for precision engagement of FIACs and other small surface threats.
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