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Thales and partner Schiebel are working to arm their Peregrine rotary-wing uncrewed air system (UAS) with the former’s Martlet air-to-surface missiles, as they plot further capability enhancements for their Royal Navy (RN) customer.

Acquired under an urgent capability requirement (UCR) as part of a broader RN initiative to increase the use of uncrewed air assets – the Maritime Aviation Transformation Strategy (MATX) – the service is working with Thales to boost to the platform’s capabilities, including arming the platform for “enhanced lethality”.

“The concept we are working through at the moment is arming Peregrine with the [Lightweight Multirole Missile] Martlet,” says Moore.

A guided firing campaign is provisionally targeted for 2026 “hopefully in the UK”, he adds.

Moore says the Peregrine will be able to carry a pair of LMMs, but notes that a platform based on the larger, developmental S-300 – offering a 250kg (550lb) payload versus the S-100’s 50kg – could carry up to 10 of the missiles.

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