The Fury is a lightweight, precision-guided glide weapon developed by Thales in association with Textron Systems Weapon and Sensor Systems.

The weapon is intended for use by small unmanned aerial vehicles, Class IV unmanned aircraft systems, light attack, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft.

The Fury was unveiled for the first time aboard a Beechcraft AT-6 during the 2014 Farnborough International Air Show, UK, held in July 2014. The development of the weapon was concluded in May this year.

The Fury munition was fired successfully from the Shadow TUAS against static vehicle targets in April 2016. The weapon, which was released from an 8,000ft altitude, successfully engaged the target during the test.

The precision-guided glide munition was successfully launched from Shadow TUAS against moving targets at Yuma Proving Grounds, which concluded the end-to-end testing of the Fury weapon in May this year. The testing phase involved a total of 13 flights conducted from multiple unmanned aircraft platforms.

The Fury weapon is based on the lightweight multirole missile (LMM) range of precision weapons developed by Thales. It lacks arocket motor and offers a lower footprint than LMM. The common interface of the munition allows for rapid integration onto a range of manned and unmanned aircraft systems.

The platform-agnostic weapon can be fitted to the aircraft through a single pylon mount or a multi-carriage launcher. The lightweight platform also enables the aircraft to carry multiple weapons in place of a larger weapon, increasing the capability to strike several targets. It creates lower drag, which causes nominal operational impact to the performance characteristics of the aircraft, including speed, endurance and range.