On Thursday, 13 November 2025, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), under the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Sweden, signed a contract of undisclosed value with the European consortium MBDA for the delivery of additional CAMM Sea Ceptor (Common Anti-air Modular Missile) surface-to-air missiles for the five Visby-class corvettes of the Royal Swedish Navy (Svenska Marinen).
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This is a continuation of the contract from 16 November 2023 for the delivery and integration of the missiles, which will be carried out by the Swedish company Saab Defence and Security under a separate agreement dated 28 May of this year, valued at 1.6 billion SEK. Work will begin in 2026, and the number of missiles ordered has not been disclosed.
Lorenzo Mariani, Executive Group Director Sales and Business Development, declared:
“Sweden continues to place its trust in MBDA’s world-class capabilities with this contract for further CAMM. Through continued partnership with MBDA in the air defence domain, Sweden is strengthening the protection of its sovereign airspace, while maintaining interoperability and security with its European and NATO allies. CAMM is a missile that has proven itself against the type of evolving threats we are seeing today, and we are honoured to play a critical role in supporting Swedish armed forces.”
The CAMM Sea Ceptor weapon system will be integrated as part of the mid-life upgrade (MLU) of the ships at the Saab Kockums shipyard in Karlskrona in the coming years, with work scheduled to begin, as noted, in 2026. The integration is being carried out in close cooperation with MBDA UK and Lockheed Martin.
The CAMM Sea Ceptor features an engagement range from 1 to over 25 km, and its Mach 3 missile enables interception of supersonic anti-ship missiles, aircraft, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as engaging fast attack craft within an area of 1,300 km². CAMM missiles can engage multiple targets simultaneously, providing 360-degree defense against saturation attacks. The missile is 3.2 m long and has a launch weight of 99 kg.
In addition to Sweden, CAMM has also been selected by the navies of the United Kingdom, Poland (for the Miecznik, Mała Narew, Narew and Pilica+ programs), Brazil, Chile, New Zealand and Canada. Its extended-range variant, the CAMM-ER, offering a range of over 40 km under the Albatros NG system, has been chosen by Pakistan and Italy (for the MAADS – Medium Advanced Air Defence System – ground-based air-defense program).
Achieving an air-defence capability for the Visby-class corvettes is a key objective of their MLU (Mid-Life Upgrade), the design phase of which began in 2021. Originally, development work was also planned for a second-generation variant, the Visby Generation 2, but this was cancelled in early 2023 in favor of the new Luleå-class corvettes.
The corvettes HSwMS Visby (K31), Helsingborg (K32), Härnösand (K33), Nyköping (K34), and Karlstad (K35) entered service between 2002 and 2015. Construction of a sixth unit, to be named Uddevalla (K36), was cancelled. The ships measure 72.7 m in length, 10.4 m in beam, have a draught of 2.4 m, and a displacement of 650 tones. They are relatively heavily armed ships, equipped with 57 mm Bofors Mk3 naval guns, Saab RBS15 Mk2 anti-ship missile launchers, and four 400 mm Torped 45 torpedo tubes.
🇸🇪🤝 MBDA strengthens its partnership with Sweden!
A new contract with FMV confirms additional deliveries of #CAMM missiles for the #SEACEPTOR air defence system on Visby-class corvettes.
Together, we’re building Europe’s air defence.
🗞️ https://t.co/6rQxx5NVoI pic.twitter.com/Wo6FYlleZp— MBDA (@MBDAGroup) November 14, 2025
