Stratus is a next-generation European missile programme, formerly the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon or FC/ASW, launched by France and the United Kingdom in 2017 to succeed the jointly developed Storm Shadow and SCALP and their separate Exocet and Harpoon anti-ship missiles. It has also been called the Future Offensive Surface Weapon by the Royal Navy and SPEAR 5 by the Royal Air Force. The family has two missiles, Stratus LO, a low-observable subsonic cruise missile, and Stratus RS, a supersonic, highly manoeuvrable Rapid Strike missile. The programme is led by MBDA, equally funded by the UK and France with the work evenly split, and Italy was reported to be joining. The name and the final Stratus LO design were unveiled at DSEI in September 2025 as the programme moved toward its development phase.
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launched by France and the United Kingdom in 2017
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as the programme moves on towards Development Phase
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