Orchestrike has been designed to achieve large effects by overwhelming targets with multiple missiles. (Image: MBDA)
MBDA has outlined the future spiral development of its Orchestrike system which has been designed to create a integrated swarm of missiles to enable them to take out systems within a priority target.
Under a concept of operations an aircraft or multiple aircraft would fire missiles – against an air defence system, for example – with each missile assigned a target, in this case perhaps a radar, missile battery and hardened shelter.
The individual targets are assigned a priority and if the missile assigned top priority cannot achieve its mission, another missile will take up the key target such as the air defence radar.
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