MBDA Akeron LP

Akeron LP is MBDA's long-range air-to-ground missile for the French MAST-F programme, the Future Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile, in which it was selected to replace the Hellfire II on the French Army's Tiger helicopters. It is also meant for European medium altitude long endurance remotely piloted aircraft. The development and production contract was awarded to MBDA in November 2020 and the programme is managed by OCCAR. The missile uses a multi-mode, autonomous, high-precision guidance system and a multi-purpose warhead for targets such as heavily protected main battle tanks, light military installations and small boats, with a range of over 8 kilometres from helicopters and nearly 20 kilometres from remotely piloted aircraft. The first prototype firing took place at Bourges in December 2022, the first Tiger trials followed in April 2023, and a first test firing over the sea from a crane-based launcher was reported in February 2025.