Announced during Paris Air Show at Le Bourget from 16-20 June 2025, MBDA also unveiled the name of the missile – ‘FULGUR’ – at the core of the system that is a solution to an operational requirement expressed by the Italian Army.

FULGUR is a man-portable, supersonic, fire and forget, all weather, day and night interceptor. It is equipped with a seeker with image processing capabilities and counters a threat set that includes small drones, helicopters and fighter jets. Its features and performances are fully compliant with NATO standards. The first delivery of this operational missile and man-portable launcher is aimed for early 2028.

FULGUR will also be integrated into SKY WARDEN, MBDA’s modular, scalable, and evolvable flagship system to counter unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS). Capitalizing on MBDA’s expertise in the design and development of air defence systems, the new missile will contribute to reinforcing the company’s offer for a European multi-layered air defence capability, ranging from very short-range to anti-ballistic/anti-hypersonic defence.

The version I have made is based on the limited information in a single press release. Mostly using the two or three pictures of the mockups and renders. The SKY WARDEN compatible setup described in the press release uses a stackable box system and appears in a few very low res renders. So a lot of what I've modelled is largely going to be informed speculation. You will just have to bare with me.

I have yet to put the MANPAD launcher ingame. That will come at some point but at time of writing this its still in the queue to be painted.