Teseo MK2/E was tested in collaboration with the Italian Navy. Credit: © MBDA.

MBDA, in collaboration with the Italian Navy, has successfully conducted the first test firing of the Teseo MK2/E (evolved) long range anti-ship missile system with land attack capability.  

The test, conducted as part of a multi-year development programme, validated the missile’s design and confirmed the outcomes of wind tunnel tests on its updated aerodynamics.  

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This achievement moves the programme closer to the qualification of the new airframe and propulsion system, which is anticipated to occur in 2025. 

MBDA Italia Executive group director sales and business development and managing director Giovanni Soccodato said: “This first test of the Teseo MK2/E demonstrates the validity of the project, confirms our development roadmap, and presents a cutting-edge naval defence product capable of countering the most sophisticated threats.  

“It also underlines once again how working in synergy with the customer brings results that perfectly meet their requirements.” 

This comes after MBDA secured a contract to supply Teseo MK2/E to the Italian Navy in 2021. 

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Developed in close collaboration with the Italian Navy, Teseo MK2/E includes a dual-mode homing head section, featuring a new active electronically scanned antenna radio frequency-seeker with electronic counter-countermeasures capability and an electro-optical sensor. 

This new generation missile is set to enhance the anti-ship capabilities of the existing Teseo missile family. It ensures high precision engagement for both sea and land targets.  

With a high subsonic cruise speed and high-G terminal manoeuvrability, the missile can engage targets at ranges exceeding 350km while maintaining sea-skimming levels. 

Equipped with a fully autonomous integrated INS/GPS and radio-altimeter navigation system, the Teseo MK2/E can adapt its sea-skimming capabilities and fly over land autonomously.  

The Teseo MK2/E is intended to equip new PPA Multi-Purpose Combat Ships and future destroyers.  

It will also be deployed on FREMM and Horizon class naval units alongside the previous Mk2/A version and integrated into future FREMM EVO frigates. 

The system can also be adapted for international customers.