Land Ceptor (CAMM)

A British ground-based air-defense system built around MBDA's Common Anti-air Modular Missile, using soft vertical launch for 360-degree coverage. It replaced the Rapier system in British Army service as Sky Sabre.

In service since 2018 · 3 operator countries

Compiled from public sources ·primary reference ↗ ·last verified 2026-07-02

km range

10,000

m altitude

targets

120

km radar

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

Limited · 3 operators

In service since 2018. Status: active.

Lifecycle cost (est.)

No public unit price to model from.

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.

Full specifications

Performance

Speed, range, altitude and engagement capability.

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 34% of air-defense systems
Engagement range Maximum distance at which an air-defense system can intercept targets. Higher covers more airspace.: 25 km

Stronger than 32% of air-defense systems
Engagement altitude Maximum target altitude the system can reach.: 10,000 m

Stronger than 25% of air-defense systems
Simultaneous targets Number of targets the system can engage at once. Higher resists saturation attacks.: 24

Stronger than 87% of air-defense systems

Firepower

Armament, payload and guidance.

Main armament Primary weapon: main gun, cannon or missile type.: CAMM interceptor missile
Warhead type Blast-fragmentation, shaped charge (HEAT), penetrator, thermobaric or nuclear-capable.: Fragmentation
Guidance How the weapon finds its target: inertial, GPS/GLONASS, active/semi-active radar, infrared, laser, TV, wire.: Active radar homing, Two-way datalink

Sensors & avionics

Radar, sensor suite and datalinks.

Radar Primary radar. AESA (active electronically scanned array) is the current state of the art.: Saab Giraffe AMB radar
Radar range Published detection range against a typical fighter-sized target. Higher sees first.: 120 km

Stronger than 42% of air-defense systems
Datalink Network connectivity: Link 16, MADL, national datalinks. Enables cooperative engagement.: Two-way weapon datalink

Program

Cost, production scale and operators.

Operator countries Number of countries operating the system. More operators means broader support ecosystem.: 3

Stronger than 54% of air-defense systems

Specifications compiled from public MBDA and reference sources ↗. Published defense figures are approximations — treat comparisons as directional. Last verified 2026-07-02.

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