Announced in May 2022 but formalised this week as @MBDA awarded 3 contracts worth around £400M for Sea Viper Evolution (SV-E) to provide the Type 45 destroyers with anti-ballistic missile capability.
Existing missile stocks all being converted to Aster 30 and given new guidance software and electronics, plus upgrades to Sampson radar and Command & Control system.
As ever progress is slow and project won't complete until 2032.
https://www.navylookout.com/royal-na...ce-capability/