Missile makers vie for Casom prize

Seven of the West's leading missile makers are vying to build the UK's Conventionally Armed Stand-Off Missile (CASOM). The contract award will have a significant impact on the industry. Losing it could reduce European missile makers to niche players in the business because Britain might subsequently work more closely with the US for its weapons needs. CASOM is to be an air-launched missile that can strike hardened, point targets from a distance of 350 km.