Sweden will enhance the air defense of its Visby class corvettes with Lockheed Martin’s three-cell Extensible Launching System (ExLS) for firing CAMM missiles. The upgrade was announced at the Sea Air Space 2025 exhibition by Lockheed’s launching systems director. The ExLS, developed with MBDA, also allows integration of other munitions and decoys for expanded versatility. Installation of CAMM and the Sea Ceptor system on the first corvette is set to start this year. Completion of the integration process is expected within 12 months.
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