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UK Boosting Destroyer Missiles With $690 Million In Upgrades

Wednesday, July 7th, 2021

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UK Boosting Destroyer Missiles With $690 Million In Upgrades

The HMS Diamond, the third ship in the Type 45 Daring-class air defense destroyer. It was launched in 2007 and formally entered service in 2011. (Photo: U.K. Royal Navy)

The United Kingdom awarded MBDA and Eurosam $690 million in multiyear contracts to increase the Royal Navy’s Daring-class Type 45 destroyers missile capacity by 50 percent, the government announced July 6. MBDA is set to integrate the Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM) program, also known as the Sea Ceptor to the Type 45, while Eurosam will refresh the long-range Astor 30 missiles, currently used by the ship. MBDA was awarded an 11-year contract to integrate the CAMM to the Type…

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