Saab will integrate the Sea Ceptor system with CAMM missiles to Swedish Visby-class stealth corvettes using Lockheed Martin’s ExLS vertical launch cells.

After the offer to integrate Sea Ceptor with CAMM missiles in 2023, Sweden decided to go through with the idea to bolster its stealthy corvettes’ air defence prowess.

Saab will integrate the system into five Visby-class in service with the Swedish Navy.

The image released by Saab shows nine VLS cells with quad-packing in front of the helicopter pad.

Previously, The War Zone reported that Lockheed Martin’s ExLS will be used to launch the CAMM missiles. ExLS is one of the launcher units designed for the Sea Ceptor system, another being the cold launch system used by the U.K.

Nine ExLS cells (In 3x3 configuration), each housing four missiles, will allow Visby-class corvettes to carry 36 CAMM missiles in total.

CAMM Air Defence Missile

MBDA-UK developed CAMM as a new generation air defence missile to succeed Cold War era short to medium-range systems. The missile draws from the AIM-132 ASRAAM air defence missile but has a large amount of differences for use as an air defence missile.

The missile uses an active radar seeker and is cold-launched with the help of the jettisonable turnover thrusters. The missile has a range of 25 km.

Extended range versions of CAMM are also present as CAMM-ER (45 km range with a larger rocket motor, quad packed) and the upcoming CAMM-MR as a Polish-British joint venture (100 km range with an even larger rocket motor, dual packed).

Author: Kaan Azman

Editor: Özgür Ekşi