Sea Ceptor ordered for Canadian surface combatant

Mhas been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin Canada to equip the Royal Canadian Navy's new Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) with the Sea Ceptor air defence weapon system. Utilising the Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) as its effector, Sea Ceptor will undertake the Close-In Air Defence System (CIADS) role on-board the new CSC frigates. Sea Ceptor provides self-defence performance. with a rapid response time and a high rate of fire to defeat multiple threats simultaneously. Its state-of-the-art Soft Vertical Launch (SVL) technology enables full 360° coverage with close range performance normally only associated with trainable launcher systems. Sea Ceptor will be integrated with Lockheed Martin Canada's Combat Management System 330 (CMS 330) as part of a multi-tier air defence capability- The CAMM missiles will be quad packed in Lockheed Martin's Extensible Launcher System (ExI-S). which is part of the Mk41 family of vertical launcher systems.