It is available in a ground-based version, VL MICA, fired from a truck-mounted box launcher, and a naval version, VL MICA-M, fired from a ship-fitted vertical launch system. [9]

Vertical launch MICA deploys the MICA fire-and-forget missile, which is the only missile in the world capable of being fitted with either a passive IR (infra-red) or an active RF seeker.

Vertical launch (VL) MICA, a short-range missile, protects highly sensitive civil and military assets. It can also be used by armed forces during manoeuvres.

The VL MICA naval air defence system provides an unsurpassed self and local area defence capability. It is currently deployed by navies around the world as the sole or main air defence system on board a wide range of surface vessels.

The MBDA vertical launch Mica short-range air defence system, VL Mica SHORAD, is built in ground and ship-launched versions. The modular VL Mica system includes a tactical operations centre with up to four multi-round missile launchers.

Mar 8, 2025 · Vertical Launch MICA (VL MICA) is a short-range, ground-based air defense system deploying the MICA fire-and-forget missile, currently the only missile in the world capable of being fitted with either a heat-seeking homing head (VL MICA IR) or with an active, radar homing head (VL MICA RF).

For navies looking for a vertically launched, high performance surface-to-air missile system to upgrade the air defences of their frontline ships, VL MICA, capable of reaching four times the speed of sound and dealing with multiple targets simultaneously, offers an ideal solution.

VL MICA offers a very high single shot kill probability and simultaneous multiple shot capability (autonomous guidance, extremely high firing rate). Operated from the ship combat system using existing air defence sensors, VL MICA has no need for a dedicated fire control system.

The VL MICA (Vertical Launch MICA) anti-aircraft missile system of various designs is used as an anti-aircraft defense tool for units of ground forces, air bases, command posts and surface ships against attacks by cruise missiles, guided air bombs, aircraft, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles day and night in all weather conditions.

May 3, 2023 · On April 29, 2023, an Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) SIGMA 10514 Perusak Kawal Rudal (PKR) guided missile frigate, KRI R.E. Martadinata (331) successfully destroyed an aerial target using its VL MICA Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) during what is dubbed a “Strategic Weapons Firing Exercise”.