A report on Fireflash, Seaslug (missile) and Fairey Aviation Company

Constructed by Fairey Aviation, the missile utilised radar beam riding guidance.

In the immediately following period, a rationalized development program was laid out that called for the development of a surface-to-air missile (SAM) for the Royal Navy that became Seaslug, a similar SAM design for the British Army and Royal Air Force known by the code name "Red Heathen", the Blue Boar anti-shipping bomb, and ongoing development of Red Hawk.

The Fairey Aviation Company was at this time working on a missile project for the Ministry of Supply, Stooge.

Tizard called a meeting of the Defence Research Policy Committee (DRPC) and started a process of pushing through four key missile programs that were intended to enter service in 1957, Seaslug, a corresponding Army/Air Force missile known as Red Heathen, the Blue Boar television guided glide bomb, and the Red Hawk air-to-air missile.

Fairey Rocket Test Vehicle 1, formerly known as LOPGAP ("Liquid Oxygen and Petrol Guided Anti-Aircraft Projectile").

The Fairey Fireflash was an early air-to-air weapon guided by radar beam riding.