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The MBDA-made Sea Venom light anti-ship missile has cleared its first qualification test conducted by France’s Directorate General of Armaments (DGA).
“The French Directorate General of Armaments has announced the success of the 1st qualifying round of the new light anti-ship helicopter missile,” DGA posted on its official Twitter account today.
The Franco-British project to develop the Sea Venom was launched in 2014. The missile will equip British AW-159 Wildcat and future French Guepard helicopters.
Developmental test firings were carried out in 2017 and 2018. The current test takes the program an inch closer towards the initial operational capability (IOC) of a new anti-ship capacity in the French Navy (Marine Nationale) and the Royal Navy.
https://www.defenseworld.net/news/2..._Missile_Clears_France___s_Qualification_Test
