MBDA Aspide 2000

Aspide 2000 is the upgraded surface-to-air version of the Aspide multi-role missile, which MBDA and its predecessors Selenia and Alenia Aeronautica produced from an Italian design of the 1970s. MBDA describes it as having an enhanced single-stage rocket motor that raises speed, lateral acceleration and effective range by as much as 40 percent over the baseline Aspide, so that it can engage attacking aircraft before they release their stand-off missiles, and as having modern electronics for better guidance in heavy clutter and electronic countermeasures. A system modification kit lets it be used with every system that fires the baseline Aspide, including Albatros, Spada, Skyguard and Amoun, reusing existing logistic support. It is used on export Skyguard and Spada 2000 air-defence systems.