Egypt becomes the first international customer for Mica NG

In future, the corvettes of the Egyptian Navy will be equipped with improved missiles from MBDA for their air defence. Following the recent purchase of four corvettes from the French Naval Group Gowind-corvettes have been equipped with Mica FKs, the remaining ships will be equipped with the new-generation variant of this FK as soon as it becomes available. They are a further development of the Mica FK and are suitable for close-range defence against smaller targets that are difficult to detect, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or small aircraft. In addition, conventional targets can also be effectively engaged. In addition to aircraft and helicopters, these include cruise missiles and anti-ship missiles in particular. The navalised version of the missile is launched from a vertical launch system. The current version has a range of 20 kilometres. The second generation of the missile has improved capabilities for detecting stealth targets. To this end, the sensors for detecting infrared and radio frequency sources have been improved.
Text: mb; Photo: MBDA