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CAMM-ER

The Extended Range member of MBDA's CAMM missile family, a physically larger round with roughly double the intercept range of the baseline CAMM used in the catalog's Land Ceptor / Sky Sabre entry, selected to replace SPADA in Italian ground-based air defense.

Compiled from public sources ·primary reference ↗ ·last verified 2026-07-19

km range

10,000

m altitude

Pricing: Unit cost not publicly disclosed

Procurement snapshot

Availability & export

UK export-licensed

Subject to UK SPIRE licensing (ECJU); generally available to allied states.

Channel: Government-to-government or direct

Fielded & proven

Operator data not public

Status: active.

Lifecycle cost (est.)

No public unit price to model from. Why so few systems publish one →

Interoperability

No standardised NATO calibre / datalink detected in public specs.

Derived guidance from public data, export regime by country of origin, lifecycle from the GAO ~30% acquisition rule. Verify eligibility, pricing and offsets with the manufacturer and your acquisition authority.

Overview

CAMM-ER (Common Anti-air Modular Missile - Extended Range) is a distinct, larger-diameter missile within MBDA's CAMM family, not a relaunch of the missile already carried under Land Ceptor / Sky Sabre. Per MBDA's own product page, CAMM-ER weighs 160 kg with a 4.2 m length and 190 mm diameter, versus the baseline CAMM's 99 kg, 3.2 m and 166 mm; Wikipedia's CAMM family entry credits CAMM-ER with an engagement range over 45 km against the baseline CAMM's 25 km, using a larger Avio-built solid-fuel rocket motor, Mach 3 speed, and inertial guidance with mid-course update and active radar terminal homing, engaging targets up to 10,000 m altitude. It shares CAMM's soft vertical-launch technology, two-way missile-to-launcher data link and third-party sensor cueing for non-line-of-sight engagements as part of MBDA's Enhanced Modular Air Defence Solutions (EMADS) family. CAMM-ER is being delivered to the Italian Armed Forces for ground-based air defense to replace the SPADA system, and Italy jointly developed the round with the UK. A navalised CAMM-ER variant, Albatros NG, uses the same missile in a naval-based air-defense role and is not modeled here as a separate record under the site's variant-avoidance convention.

Full specifications

Performance

Speed, range, altitude and engagement capability.

Performance specifications
Max speed (Mach) Maximum speed as a multiple of the speed of sound. Mach 2+ is typical for air-superiority fighters.	3 Mach Stronger than 33% of air-defense systems
Engagement range Maximum distance at which an air-defense system can intercept targets. Higher covers more airspace.	45 km Stronger than 56% of air-defense systems
Engagement altitude Maximum target altitude the system can reach.	10,000 m Stronger than 26% of air-defense systems

Firepower

Armament, payload and guidance.

Firepower specifications
Main armament Primary weapon: main gun, cannon or missile type.	CAMM-ER interceptor missile
Guidance How the weapon finds its target: inertial, GPS/GLONASS, active/semi-active radar, infrared, laser, TV, wire.	Inertial guidance with mid-course update, Active radar terminal homing, Two-way missile-launcher data link

Physical

Dimensions, weight and crew.

Physical specifications
Length Overall length including gun/probe where applicable.	4.2 m
Combat weight Fully loaded weight. Lighter eases transport and bridging limits; heavier often means more armor.	160 kg

Propulsion

Engine, power and fuel.

Propulsion specifications
Propulsion type Turbofan, turboshaft, diesel, gas turbine, solid-fuel rocket, ramjet…	Solid-fuel rocket

Specifications compiled from public MBDA and reference sources ↗. Published defense figures are approximations, treat comparisons as directional. Last verified 2026-07-19.

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