https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/awn-logo.svg
This article is published in
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report part of Aviation Week Intelligence
Network (AWIN), and is complimentary through
Nov 25, 2025. For information on becoming an AWIN Member to
access more content like this, click here.
Robert Wall
November 18, 2025
LPP’s MTS Narwhal on display at the Dubai Airshow. Credit: Robert Wall/Aviation Week Network
DUBAI—Czech defense technology company LPP plans to deliver an initial batch of MTS Narwhal ground-launched cruise missiles in the hope it will attract further customers.
LPP is building a few hundred of the missiles in the initial commitment from an undisclosed customer, says Jan Thomas, the company’s technical director. The missiles will be used to validate the technology and could lead to further acquisitions, he said in an interview at the Dubai Airshow.
The Prague-based company, which has its roots in electronics, has designed the weapon with its own financial resources and largely using in-house technology.
The company has developed two versions of the Narwhal. The 3-m (9.8-ft.)-long Narwhal 140 can carry a 40-kg (88-lb.) payload and has a range of up to 730 km (453 mi.). The slightly larger 4-m-long Narwhal 270 is capable of carrying a 120-kg payload out to 680 km. Both versions have a 2.6-m wingspan.
In-house-developed turbojets power the missiles. The Narwhal 140 has 80 min. of endurance and a maximum speed of 550 kph (341 mph), while the Narwhal 270 can fly for 55 min. and up to 750 kph.
The missiles are designed to be operated in contested airspace and fully autonomous in GPS-denied settings, in part through the use of a visual navigation system. The weapons are catapult launched using a booster motor. Terminal guidance relies on several sensors.
