PRESS RELEASE MBDA INTRODUCES THE MARTE MK2/N ANTI-SHIP 17th January 2006 WEAPON SYSTEM Press Contacts: Carol Reed Group Head of External Communications Tel : + 44 (0) 207 451 60 99 Fax : + 44 (0) 207 451 60 89 In response to the growing interest for a lightweight and quick E-mail :
[email protected] reaction naval surface-to-surface missile system for littoral Mobile : + 44 (0) 7764 323 453 operations, MBDA is introducing Marte Mk2/N, the ship-launched France variant of the Marte Mk2 family of anti-ship weapon systems. Louis Bordes Tel.: + 33 (0)1 34 88 14 89 Fax: + 33 (0)1 34 88 27 27 E-mail:
[email protected] Marte Mk2/N, with its operational range in excess of 30 km will provide Mobile : +33 (0) 6 30 48 78 24 navies with a complementary capability to the longer range anti-ship Italy missiles such as Exocet and Otomat. It is optimised for operations within Michele Lastella the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and to deal with low intensity naval Tel : + 39 06 41 50 31 38 Fax : + 39 06 41 50 43 00 warfare against a wide variety of low and high value targets. E-mail :
[email protected] Mobile : + 39 335 32 60 45 The Marte Mk2/N missile is identical to the helicopter-launched variant, United Kingdom Mati Hindrekus Marte Mk2/S, currently in its final phase of qualification on the EH101 and Tel : + 44 (0) 207 451 60 59 NH90 helicopters and is planned to enter service with the Italian Navy in Fax : + 44 (0) 207 451 60 89 E-mail :
[email protected] the period 2007-2008.