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Brazil seeks to complete the development of an anti-ship missile in 2025

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Brazil should complete the MANSUP (Míssil Antinavio Nacional de Superfície) anti-ship missile effort during 2025, according to the Navy Materiel General-Directorate (DGMM).

The MANSUP is an all-weather, sea-skimming, fire-and-forget, shipborne-launched surface-to-surface missile featuring transonic speed and mid-range capability against moving targets. It is being developed as part of the Esporão programme of the Navy Weapon Systems Directorate (DSAM), by a team formed by the Brazilian Navy and local companies Fundação Ezute, Avibras, SIATT, and Omnisys.

The third stage of the MANSUP project reached 60% of industrialisation of the guidance, navigation and control system (SGNC), and about 90% of the telemetry system, the DGMM noted during its 29 April update of the programme.

During this year, two MANSUP launches are planned for further qualification tests, in which more than 200 parameters will be monitored in each flight.

One missile prototype, fitted out with a telemetry head, was launched in November 2018 from corvette Cv Barroso (V34) and another two in March and July 2019 from the frigate F Independência (F44), as part of the second stage of the missile development.

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