MPLS launcher by Naval Group
During the Naval Group's Innovation Days 2025, the French shipbuilder showcased its "Multi-purpose and Modular Launching System" (MPLS), a multi-ammunition and flexible RAM-like close-in weapon system (CIWS). Arnaud, MPLS product line manager, shared the latest with the future launcher.
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The MPLS is being developed by Naval Group in order to meet the new operational challenges of navies and their budgetary constraints. It involves several ammunition partners (such as KNDS and Thales) and suggests other future collaborations for next generation ammunition.
The launcher’s ability to deploy multiple delivery systems from a single launcher, as opposed to the traditional one-launcher-per-weapon approach, represents a major breakthrough: a single system for a wide variety of weapons and decoys. Naval Group’s modular launcher features innovative interchangeable ammunition modules that support a substantial payload capacity, accommodating up to 1,000 kilograms of various munitions. Leveraging advanced composite materials and disruptive technologies, Naval Group has maximized the launcher’s loading capacity enabling a high payload capacity for close-range defense of surface vessels. The MPLS has a total loaded mass of less than 3,500 kilograms.
Each turret is outfitted with four launch modules, enabling a versatile mix of weapons and decoys tailored to specific threats and missions.
Naval Group will conduct land-based and at-sea firing trials of the MPLS in 2026. These trials will be conducted with 70mm rockets from Thales Belgium.
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