The latter two modes incorporate retargeting, i.e. the ability to redirect the missile in flight towards another target such as an unexpected threat or a new and more valuable enemy asset spotted, as well as aim point selection and mission abort features.

[6][4] The Akeron MP entered operational service with the French army in 2018 and was developed by MBDA France to replace the Franco-German MILAN and American FGM-148 Javelin.

[6] Designed to primarily equip infantry units, this all-weather day and night system incorporates a multi-purpose missile with anti-tank, anti-infrastructure and anti-personnel selectable modes; it has a range of up to 5 km.

In 2011, the requirement set by the French Army called for a multipurpose precision strike capability to equip the frontline units as well as special operation forces.

The missile to be procured had to be able to destroy ground targets, fixed or moving, from light vehicles up to the latest generation MBTs, as well as personnel whether dismounted or protected behind fortifications.

In addition to replacing the MILAN and the Javelin systems, the Akeron MP will also equip the EBRC Jaguar, which will succeed the HOT missile-armed VAB Mephisto in French service.

[27] In August and September 2018, the French Army conducted a firing campaign in Djibouti in order to test the ability of the missile to operate in a desert environment.

[28][29] In December, the Picardy Battle Group conducted an operation in the three-border region in the south-east of Mali, during which the MMP was deployed and used for the first time in a combat theatre.

[31] In July 2021, the Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA) signed a letter of intent with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets materielverk or FMV) to cooperate on a new anti-tank system.

A bilateral framework agreement was subsequently signed in April 2023 to enable joint studies, acquisitions and further development of the Akeron MP system for the French and Swedish Armed Forces.

The objective is to implement a joint capability roadmap in order to develop new functionalities associated in particular with beyond line-of-sight firing, and also to prepare the missile to address the future generation of targets that will arrive on the battlefield.