The Brazilian Navy has selected MBDA’s Sea Ceptor air defence system for its next generation Tamandaré class corvettes.
The Brazilian Navy has selected MBDA’s Sea Ceptor air defence system for its next generation Tamandaré class corvettes.
Brazilian Navy is the third navy to chose Sea Ceptor, after the UK’s Royal Navy (RN) and the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN).
Sea Ceptor provides all-weather, night and day, 360° local area air defence coverage against multiple simultaneous targets including sea-skimming anti-ship missiles, helicopters and fast combat jets.
A major feature lies in Sea Ceptor’s soft launch technology which does away with the need for a launcher efflux management system, thereby reducing overall mass and onboard footprint characteristics.
A production contract was awarded by the UK MoD in September 2013 for Sea Ceptor to provide the next generation Air Defence capability and so replace the Seawolf system on the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates from 2016 onwards. Sea Ceptor will subsequently be transferred to the Royal Navy’s new ships as they start entering service, when the Type 23s are replaced by the future Type 26s.
