Royal Navy successfully tests Martlet missile in air-to-air drone defence trial
The Royal Navy has demonstrated an important advancement in its aerial capabilities, following a successful missile trial off the Welsh coast.
The Royal Navy has demonstrated an important advancement in its aerial capabilities, following a successful missile trial off the Welsh coast.
The claws of the Royal Navy’s Wildcat helicopters have been given a boost with a new order of Martlet missile systems as part of a GBP 176 million deal.
A Royal Navy Martlet missile which can eliminate small, fast-moving threats was pushed to its limits in a series of firings in skies above the UK.
Martlet and Sea Venom – the Royal Navy’s two new air-to-surface anti-ship missiles – have completed extensive tests in the hands of aviators and scientists and a Wildcat helicopter.