Sea Ceptor protects from modern air and surface threats, such as supersonic anti-ship missiles and unmanned surface vessels

Poland has awarded MBDA a contract to equip its three new Navy’s Miecznik-class frigates with the company’s Sea Ceptor naval air defence system.

Sea Ceptor is the latest generation naval air defence system that protects naval vessels and consorts from modern air and surface threats, such as supersonic anti-ship missiles and unmanned surface vessels.

The contract builds upon a series of strategic agreements between MBDA and Poland around MBDA’s CAMM family of air defence missiles. Poland will utilise its CAMM missile stockpiles, already procured to equip Miecznik frigates, to take advantage of CAMM’s interoperability, explicitly designed for land and maritime domains. CAMM will be efficiently installed on board with a quad-packing solution in Mk41 VLS (Vertical Launching System), enabling a high load-out and increasing platform survivability.

MBDA is working with the Polish company Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) to create a sovereign missile capability in Poland through the NAREW programme backed by unprecedented knowledge and technology transfer from MBDA.

Using the CAMM family for PILICA+, NAREW, and MIECZNIK programmes will drive significant efficiencies for Poland while boosting the Polish industry and providing high-skilled jobs. The contract for Miecznik further demonstrates the strategic relationship between MBDA and PGZ, which also includes joint work on a future medium-range CAMM missile and the strength of the UK-Polish defence cooperation.

Besides Poland, many militaries worldwide rely on the CAMM family for the latest generation of naval and ground-based air defence, including the UK, Italy, Canada, Brazil, and, more recently, Sweden.