A Leonardo Wildcat HMA2 helicopter firing a Thales Martlet multirole missile during recent trials. (Crown Copyright) The UK Royal Navy (RN) Wildcat Maritime Force has ...

Royal Navy helicopters will soon carry drone-busting lightweight Martlet missiles, now declared fully operational following the anti-ship Sea Venom gaining initial operating capability (IOC) earlier ...

The Royal Navy helicopter has been extensively tested in various configurations, including a heavy 20-missile load. The Royal Navy’s AW159 Wildcat helicopters completed a new round of trials with the ...

A Royal Navy Wildcat helicopter seen carrying a maximum loadout of 20 Martlet missiles during recent trials of the new weapons wing. (Crown copyright) The Royal Navy (RN) has completed trials of a new ...

The AW159 Wildcat spotted while conducting high altitude tests with a load of 20 Martlet missiles. After completing a testing campaign in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea recently, the Royal ...

The UK Royal Navy (RN) has performed the first firing of its Thales Martlet air-to-surface missile against a “realistic target at sea”, as part of a bilateral exercise also involving the Royal Air ...

LONDON—A test of the Thales Martlet lightweight missile from a UK Royal Navy Wildcat helicopter has given the service a limited helicopter air-to-air missile capability for the first time. The ...

The British Royal Navy, in tandem with the U.S. Navy, sank a decommissioned ship in the North Atlantic in a live-fire training exercise—one that saw an array of weaponry unleashed on the vessel. In a ...