Sweden confirms follow-on order for CAMM systems
The RSwN's Visby-class corvettes are to be fitted with the Sea Ceptor local area anti-air missile system. Space for a vertical launcher installation for CAMMs already exists in the weapon deck area beneath the main deck hatch. (MBDA)
Sweden's Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets Materielverk: FMV) and European missile house MBDA have signed a contract amendment covering additional deliveries of the Common Anti-air Modular Missiles (CAMMs) for Royal Swedish Navy (RSwN) Visby-class corvettes.
Announced by both FMV and MBDA on 14 November, this option follows on from an initial CAMM contract placed in November 2023. Neither the value of the amendment nor number of missiles was disclosed.
The ‘soft vertical launch' CAMM effectors form part of the Sea Ceptor local anti-air missile system being retrofitted to the five Visby-class ships. Originally developed by MBDA UK to meet the UK Royal Navy's future local area air-defence requirement, Sea Ceptor is designed to protect the host ship and vessels in consort from a range of air threats, including anti-ship cruise missiles and fighter ground attack aircraft.
CAMM, as an effector for the Sea Ceptor system, employs active radar homing supported by mid-course guidance updates. The missile is capable of all-weather engagements against targets out to a range of 25 km, according to MBDA.
Saab was in May 2025 awarded a SEK1.6 billion (USD167.5 million) contract by FMV to implement the retrofit of Sea Ceptor in the Visby-class vessels. Under this contract, Saab Kockums in Karlskrona will perform installation and integration work in close co-operation with MBDA UK and Lockheed Martin as ship equipment suppliers. Work on the first ship is planned to start in 2026.
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