CAMM Opener for the Naval Missile Market: MBDA & LMCO’s MoU

CAMM-M launch

In mid-May 2013, MBDA signed an MoU with Lockheed Martin that has the potential to shake up the naval missile industry. It sounds innocuous: both companies agree to jointly explore the market for the integration of MBDA naval missile systems into Lockheed Martin’s MK-41 Vertical Launch System, and ExLS VLS/cell insert. They’ll begin with a late 2013 demonstration involving Britain’s new CAMM-M Sea Ceptor missile, but the implications reach far beyond.

Right now, the naval missile market is divided by launcher type, and many of MBDA’s missiles sit in a DCNS banlieue.

Rapid Fire May 15, 2013: Friends Don’t Let Friends Buy Counterfeits

• The Pentagon’s latest proposition for furloughs of its civilian employees is down to 11 days, spread between July 8 and the end of FY13 on Sept. 30. That’s half of their earliest estimate and the exact number of unpaid days might still get lower. Announcement | Background briefing.