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Martlet or the Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) is a lightweight air-to-surface, air-to-air, surface-to-air, and surface-to-surface missile developed by Thales Air Defence for the United Kingdom. It is named after a mythical bird from English heraldry that never roosts, the Martlet .
The Martlet is a lightweight air-to-surface, anti-aircraft and surface-to-surface missile under development by Thales Air Defence for the United Kingdom. As of 2021, Martlet entered initial service on the Fleet Air Arm's AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat in the air-to-surface mode with up to twenty Martlet missiles envisaged for deployment on a ...
Martlet (Lightweight Multirole Missile) – multi-role missile based on Starstreak and using same launch tube. Fireflash , a missile from the 1950s that used a similar configuration of an unpowered, guided munition that receives an initial acceleration from booster rockets
LMM Martlet: Thales Air Defence United Kingdom Fire unit resuable, tube disposable 2021 76 mm Multi-role missile, usable against air targets, light boats, and armoured vehicles, laser guided. The anti-armour surface-to-surface variant isn't its primary role though [51] FGM-148 Javelin: Texas Instruments Martin Marietta
A display model of a lightweight multirole missile at the Thales UK plant in Belfast (Niall Carson/PA) Travelling at Mach 1.5 with a range of more than 6km, the LMM is described as highly ...
After launch, the missile accelerates to more than Mach 4, making it the fastest short-range surface-to-air missile in existence. It then launches three laser beam-riding submunitions, increasing the likelihood of a successful hit on the target. [119] Martlet United Kingdom: Multi-role missile 76 mm
The U.S. Department of Defense awarded two new contracts related to missile defense Wednesday, to two separate contractors, and on two separate continents. The larger of the two awards, and by a ...
The UK has used both types, the French only the radar-equipped variant. The Martel fuselage forms the basis for the Sea Eagle anti-ship missile with a turbojet to improve range, while the French used it to develop ARMAT, an advanced ARM missile in the 1980s. [3] For ARM functions, the RAF adopted a totally new and much smaller missile, the ALARM.