Selex seeker onboard MARTE missile sale

November 19th, 2009 | Uncategorized | Posted by Andrew Chuter

Selex Galileo is to supply its SM-1S radar seeker to equip MARTE Mk2/N missiles destined for the Middle East.

The Italian company said the deal was worth 26 million euros. It declined to name the customer for the MBDA-developed missile.

The user, though, is almost certainly the United Arab Emirates Navy.

MBDA announced at the IDEX  defense show in Abu Dhabi earlier this year that it had secured a first customer for the new ship-launched version of the anti-ship missile.

The French-based missile-maker also declined to name the customer.

However, shipbuilding industry executives at the show said the weapon was to be fitted to 24 fast patrol boats being introduced into service with the UAE Navy.

MARTE was originally developed for helicopter launch but has recently been repackaged as a surface-to-surface weapon.

The SM-1S  I-band active radar seeker was especially designed for the missile by the Finmeccanica-owned company.

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