MBDA Sea Venom

Sea Venom, known as ANL in France, is an Anglo-French lightweight anti-ship missile developed by MBDA for the French Navy and the Royal Navy, and called Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon (Heavy) in the United Kingdom before its name was chosen. The first test launch was made from an AS365 Dauphin helicopter of the French DGA on 21 June 2017. It is designed to succeed the French AS 15 TT and the Royal Navy's Sea Skua and to arm Panther and NH90 helicopters in France and Wildcat helicopters in Britain. It carries a warhead of about 30 kilograms, uses an imaging infrared seeker with an optional two-way datalink that keeps an operator in the loop, and can fly sea-skimming or pop-up top-attack profiles against targets up to corvette size. The Royal Navy declared initial operating capability in October 2025.