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Algumas fotos do ASTRA indiano:

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Portfolio da chinesa CATIC (inclui especificações):

http://www.catic.com.cn/indexPortal/hom ... anguage=US

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A-Darter
Fifth-generation Air-to-air Missile System

http://www.deneldynamics.co.za/brochure ... ternal.pdf

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Wikileaks - Chile (2009):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wikilea ... ULLEN.html

Military Sales and Transfers ----------------------------
31. (C) In March 2007, the U.S. delivered the last two of ten new Block 52 F-16 fighter aircraft--the first major purchase of U.S. equipment since the 1976 U.S. cut-off of military sales during the Pinochet era. Chile also received 18 reconditioned Block 15 F-16s (mid-life upgrade--MLU), with Block 50-like capabilities from the Netherlands. An LOA for a USD 45 million, five-year FMS support case for these aircraft was submitted to the FACH and signed on May 15, 2008. Delivery of U.S. manufactured weapons systems for the aircraft purchased from the U.S. began in 2007 and include AIM 9M Sidewinder, AIM 120 C5 AMRAAM, GBU 31 JDAM, AGM65 G2 Maverick, and GBU 10/12 Paveway. It should be noted that the Chilean Air Force (FACH) also purchased Derby and Python 4 air-to-air missiles for their F-5, F-16 MLU, and F-16 Block 52 fighters from Israel.
32. (C/NF) After being offered the USG grant of two Excess Defense Article (EDA) KC-135E refueling aircraft for USD 42 million, the FACH instead decided to pursue acquisition of an alternative fixed boom air refueling capability for their F-16s, contracting with EADS for purchase of two modified Airbus A-310 MultiRole Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft, reportedly for USD 114 million. The acquisition of A-310s was problematic and the FACH canceled the contract due to expense and long delivery times. The FACH has recently submitted an official Letter of Request (LOR) for three KC-135E aircraft and requested delivery of at least one operational aircraft by October 2009. Other recent developments in FACH weapons system acquisition are the potential purchase of 16 additional used F-16 aircraft from the Dutch, as well as an LOR for the Avenger air defense system. If selected, this system could reaffirm benefits of the FMS program.
33. (C) Additionally, the Chilean Ministry of the Interior may be to be interested in a medium-lift helicopter for domestic missions, with both the Blackhawk and the Russian Mi-17-V5 receiving the strongest considerations. Ambassador Simons has made forceful presentations on behalf of the Blackhawk to both the FACH Commander in Chief as well as the Minister of the Interior. However it appears that a decision is not imminent at this time. The FACH recently contracted with Bell for 12-18 model 412 utility medium-light helicopters.
34. (C) With regards to space, the FACH has expressed interest in training and education in space operations and information on other cooperative opportunities. In October 2008 they inaugurated a satellite imagery download and processing station, consisting of U.S-purchased radar and data processing equipment. Chile reportedly will purchase imagery on the commercial market until they can use their own earth observation satellite. The GOC recently awarded a contract for approximately USD 70 million to EADS-Astrium to develop the satellite, which reportedly will also be used for defense-related purposes. The satellite is scheduled to be launched from China in 2010 as a part of Chile,s bicentennial celebration.
35. (SBU) The Army and Navy are also considering significant purchases of U.S.-manufactured systems. In 2006, the Chilean Army received 72 of a projected 200 M1098A2 series HMMWVs, and has nearly exhausted its first FMS case for USD 600,000 in spare parts for the M-113 A2/M548 A1 FOV. The Army has requested its first major purchase FMS case for 12 M109A5 self-propelled 155 mm Howitzers. The Army is interested in future government-to-government purchases to enable transparency of future acquisitions and support life-cycle interoperability via FMS. The Chilean Army and Air Force are considering acquiring together a short-to-medium range air defense system that is being offered by the U.S. Army. Both services requested Letters of Offer and Acceptance for the AVENGER system, which includes the SENTINEL radar. If selected, this system could reaffirm benefits of the FMS program, build greater interoperability, and further strengthen military ties between the U.S. and Chile. The Army has also expressed interest in acquiring MILES equipment and training, engineering equipment, and cargo aircraft. Lastly, the Chilean Army has requested a Letter of Offer and Acceptance to establish an office at USASAC New Cumberland. The Chilean Army FMS office at USASAC New Cumberland is a priority for the Army to equal its sister services acquisition benefits and will be the linchpin for additional FMS cases being established. 36. (SBU) Over the last four years, the Chilean Navy has modernized its entire surface combatant force through the purchase of four frigates from the U.K. (one Type 22 and three Type 23 frigates) and four frigates from the Dutch (two L Class and two M Class frigates). The Navy has ordered Harpoon launch systems and upgrades for all eight recently acquired frigates (this order included 22 Harpoon BLK 1C and a number of NATO Sea Sparrow missiles), and ordered the SM-1 missile launch system for the Type 22 frigate. Additionally, the Navy intends to upgrade the L Class frigates with the SM-2 missile launch system. The Navy, within the last year, took possession of 10 Harpoon BLK II missiles that were purchased from the U.S. in addition to 50 NATO Sea Sparrow rocket motors and miscellaneous equipment. The Chilean Navy is in the process of joining the U.S.-organized Harpoon Missile International Users Group and has already joined the SM-1 Missile International Users Group (at a combined cost of approximately USD 17 Million). The Navy recently purchased KIT-1C MODE IV IFF for their Cougar helicopters, four Defender Class Patrol Boats, P-3 pilot training in Jacksonville Florida, and the C2PC Command and Control system for their Marine Corps ground forces.
37. (C) In 2007, the Chilean Navy took possession of the second of two Scorpene Class submarines built by a French/Spanish consortium (DCNS of France and Navantia of Spain). The Chilean Navy has asked for a Letter of Offer and Acceptance to purchase the US Navy Oiler, Andrew J. Higgins. The November 2008 Congressional notification authorized the LOA to be presented. On November 17, 2008, CNO Roughead submitted a letter expressing the oiler,s availability, and on December 18 both Adm Codina and Adm Roughead signed an MOA regarding utilization of the oiler in support of USN maritime operations. The approximate value of the Higgins transfer is USD 48 million.

[Penguin]

India's Astra BVRAAM Tested Twice, Fails Once
http://livefist.blogspot.com/2011/05/in ... fails.html

A test-firing of India's Astra beyond visual range air-to-air missile on May 20 failed, according to a report in The Hindu newspaper. The report quotes Dr Avinash Chander, the DRDO's chief controller for missiles as saying, "A snag developed during a manoeuvre. The missile lost control after it reached a certain height. A team is analysing the data." The missile was test-fired again the next day, May 21, and is reported to have met all parameters. Found this Astra schematics slide in my files. Pretty sure I haven't posted it before:



India Test Fires Air-To-Air Guided Missile
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/news ... wsid=14773

May 20, 2011

By Jay Menon jaymenon68@gmail.com
NEW DELHI

India successfully test-fired on Friday the Astra air-to-air guided missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in the eastern state of Orissa.

Developed by the Defense Research and Development Organization, the beyond-visual-range missile will be used to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft, DRDO spokesman Ravi Gupta tells Aviation Week.

After the last trial, the missile will be integrated on fighter jets like the Su-30MKI and Tejas Light Combat Aircraft.

“It will destroy enemy aircraft at supersonic speeds in the head-on mode at a range of 80 kilometers and in tail-chase mode at 20 kilometers,” Gupta says.

Astra, which uses solid propellant, can carry a conventional warhead of 15 kg (33 lb.). It is the smallest of the missiles developed by DRDO, at 3.8 meters (12.5 ft.) long, 178 mm (7 in.) in diameter and weighing 160 kg at launch. The missile can be launched from different altitudes and can cover 110 km (68 mi.) when launched from an altitude of 15 km, 44 km when fired from an altitude of 8 km and 21 km at sea level.

DRDO officials say the weapon is more advanced than the similar class of missiles developed by the U.S., Russia and France. The May 20 trial was conducted to assess motor and aerodynamic performance.

Captive flight tests aboard the Su-30MKI were carried out near the western city of Pune in 2009.

[charotti]

nao ha mais nenhuma noticia da parceria da AFRICA DO SUL com o BRASIL sobre A-DARTER

[SantaCatarinaBR]

nao ha mais nenhuma noticia da parceria da AFRICA DO SUL com o BRASIL sobre A-DARTER

... a um tempo atras eu conheci um cara em um forum paquistanes que sabia de muitas informações sobre o desenvolvimento do A-Darter, então eu mandei o seguinte e-mail pra ele:

Hello friend.

I am Brazilian, I have a blog here in Brazil and would like to know if you have more information on the joint development of the A-Darter missile. Not enough information here, just know that this missile is being developed jointly (South Africa / Brazil), with participation of the Brazilian company MECTRON.

If you can help me with information please contact the forum here or by e-mail: santacatarinabr@zipmail.com.br

And I descupe by bad English, not speak English, this is the translation GOOGLE TRANSLATOR

Thank you, hug!

... e então ele me respondeu com as seguintes informações:

Dear friend

I compiled this information to you in English as some of it was in the local language of Afrikaans. I am sure much of the information will be known by you and there will be some duplication of information but I include it anyway. All this information is available in the public domain and thus unclassified.



The A-Darter Program

The A-Darter missile is expected to be a 5th generation weapon, with a number of important capabilities and design decisions similar to ASRAAM. It will use modern thermal imaging technology with a wide “bore sight angle” for targeting, working with a helmet-mounted look and shoot sight to maximize the usefulness of that “high off-bore sight” capability. A-Darter also uses a very similar streamlined design to maximize range. To take maximum advantage of that design decision, lock-on after launch capability will allow it to fly to an area specified by the launching aircraft by using an inertial navigation system from BAE Systems (now divested as Atlantic Inertial Systems), before acquiring the target with its seeker head. There is no word, however, on whether the missile’s data link is intended to allow for updates in flight, in order to prevent the wrong target from being engaged once it reaches the end of its inertial navigation. (answer classified)

Denel says that “Current contracts exceed R1 billion [currently about $145 million] in total and future export contracts are expected to add another R2 billion over this fifteen-year period.”(there will be continual development and improvement on the missile for at leas 15 years)

In such a crowded SRAAM market, where integration of a non-standard weapon can be a difficult and expensive endeavour, a new missile can be a difficult sell. A clue to its positioning may be provided by the Denel statement:

“The co-development of the missile… not only brings much-needed skills, training and technology transfer to the country, but reinforces the South-South co-operation initiated by President Thabo Mbeki and his counterpart.” (Making RSA and Brazil less dependant on NATO technology and supply during situation of conflict. It means we can not be sanctioned and it also means our enemies will not know exactly what the missile capabilities are)

This is certainly an explanation of the industrial strategy involved, which seeks to boost the indigenous aerospace industries in both countries. It may also be a lead-in to the missile’s marketing in many countries, as a no strings attached weapon with a so-called non-aligned positioning. Whether this marketing approach will be successful remains to be seen. First, of course, the missile development itself must succeed.

The A-Darter is designed to work with MIL-STD-1553 systems, and use common LAU-7 type launchers (NATO standard). It will equip South Africa’s Gripen and Hawk trainer/ light attack aircraft, and will replace the indigenous Mectron MAA-1 Piranha missile in Brazil. Brazil’s upgraded F5 are an agreed-upon platform; the A-4 Skyhawks that fly from the Brazilian Carrier Sao Paulo (formerly FMS Foch).

Brazil’s other SRAAM-capable aircraft include the FAB’s Italo-Brazilian AMX and indigenous Super Tucano. Cooperation with Elbit of Israel will give the F-5M, AMX, and EMB-314 aircraft a very similar set of avionics, which is likely to make common missile integration easier; While a certain amount of development has already been completed by Denel, Brazil’s FAB gives an expected in-service date of 2015. There are estimates that Brazil’s 50% share of the remaining development costs could rise to over $100 million before the missile is complete. At present, $52 million is allocated.

Meanwhile, 10 Brazilian air force members have begun work on the program at the Denel Dynamics plant, to be joined by another 20 people from “the Brazilian defence companies.” The FAB’s Aerospace Technical Centre (CTA) will assemble the Brazilian industrial end of the deal; include Mectron, Avibras, and Atech.

Contracts and Key Events

Sept 22/10: Denel Dynamics CEO Jan Wessels, who sees a bright market future for the A-Darter.

“In 10 years time I predict that a significant percentage of the missile business in the developing world will be kept among themselves, with many of them getting their sourced technology from South Africa…. We will see as a percentage of the missile market the developing countries share possibly doubling to 20 percent, and importantly they are no longer buying from traditional suppliers but keeping the business among themselves….” [Wessels] cited the A-Darter air-to-air missile, a joint development with Brazil, as one example.”

July 21/10: The 1st A-Darter firing takes place from a South African Air Force JAS-39D Gripen, at the Overberg test area in South Africa. Magnus Reineholm Project Manager for the integration of A-Darter at Saab:

“The A-Darter and the Gripen aircraft have worked beyond our expectations and we are extremely pleased with the test firing results.”

April 23/10: The South African Air Force reportedly intends to fit A-Darter missiles to its fleet of 24 BAE Hawk Mk. 120 lead-in fighter trainers and light attack aircraft, as well as its 26 JAS-39 C/D Gripen Fighters.

The move will give Denel Dynamics a larger market within South African and also abroad – Hawk aircraft are flown by about 18 countries.

April 22/10: The A-Darter missile program has completed a series of ground- launched flight tests, and Denel Dynamics executive manager for air-to-air programmes, Denise Wilson, says the project will be ready for full production by 2012. Denel is reportedly working toward a 2011 date to supply early unarmed training missiles for the SAAF.

Program manager Deon Olivier is quoted as saying that the project is now at the stage “where uncertainties have decreased considerably,” thanks to increased confidence in the seeker stemming from December 2009 – January 2010 seeker tests. Step 2 was a series of ground-based test shots to evaluate the missile’s aerodynamics and control, followed by guided shots in which all the components were tested together in flight. March 2010 saw the completion of carriage clearance tests of the A-Darter missile on the JAS-39C/D Gripen, at up to 12g instantaneous manoeuvre and 45,000 feet/ 13,700m.

Future tests include imminent ground-launch programmed tests for aerodynamics and flight control evaluations, followed by firing clearance from the Gripen aircraft to test missile and seeker performance.

April 16/09: A presentation from Denel Dynamics at the 2009 Latin America Aerospace and Defence (LAAD) conference. Col. Ian van Vuuren, director for the A-Darter program at Denel Dynamics:

”...gave a basic “how-to” seminar on establishing a framework for technology transfers between countries. “One of the typical problems with technology transfer is everybody agrees to do it, [but] it takes two and a half years for the client receiving the technology to put the establishment team in place in his own country,” van Vuuren said. In that time, knowledge is lost and training loses its effectiveness…. Van Vuuren’s presentation focused on the process Denel and the governments of South Africa and Brazil used to establish a framework for the technology transfer as part of the A-Darter program. Key to the process is having over-arching government support, formalized in cooperation agreements, and creating a joint contracting body to award the contract to companies.”

May 28/08: Diehl BGT announces that the South African Air Force has picked IRIS-T to equip their Gripen fighter aircraft “as an interim solution until the local missile development – the A-Darter will be operational.” This makes them IRIS-T’s 2nd export customer outside the original 7-nation consortium.



Denel Dynamics CE Jan Wessels last year April told defence Web the weapon, under development since March 2007 was on track and on target for delivery to the SAAF and the Brazilian Air Force from early 2013, now two years away. (This has been updated to late 2012) Wessels added training missiles will be delivered from net year (2012). The SAAF is to fit the missile to its fleet of workhorse BAE Systems Hawk Mk120 lead-in fighter trainers in addition to integrating it on to the more sophisticated Saab Gripen C and D advanced lightweight fighter. Brazil wants the weapon for its FX-2 future fighter programme.



Significant progress had been made during 2010 with regard to the development and integration of air-to-air missiles on the Hawk and Gripen. This involved the test-firing of the first developmental test-firing of the Denel Dynamics A-Darter missile which will be integrated onto both the Gripen and Hawk.



2010 SAAB did the integration of the missile into Gripen and March 2011 the SAAF awarded a contract to proceed with the integration with Hawk aircraft.



Information from another source:

The missile incorporates a high-agility airframe, greatly improved manoeuvrability and an extended range. An imaging IR seeker ensures excellent countermeasure rejection and very accurate terminal guidance. Capabilities include lock-on after launch and memory tracking. Designation may be via the aircraft's radar, a helmet sight or the missiles autonomous scan feature if radar silence is required. Long-range intercepts, beyond IR detection range, are possible using the lock-on after launch mode.

Use is made of thrust-vectoring tail controls. It has also been reported that targeting algorithms include advanced spatial filtering techniques (that 'see' the difference in size and shape between an aircraft and a decoy) and velocity profiling (to sense the difference in speed between the target and a decoy).

Guidance: Two-colour imaging Infra-red with laser fuze.

Some sources indicate that during tests the missile was tested on Gripen withstanding 12g without any aerodynamic or vibration problems (at 9g pilots start to lose consciousness.) It has also been reported that during flight tests it withstood extreme manoeuvring forces. This means the pilot can look backwards to target, get a lock on with his helmet mounted sight and fire the missile that would then make a sharp tern and engage the target. The 2 colour infra read sensor takes a picture of the target and intelligently identify the target, it does not blindly track the heat source which means flares are not followed and it even means you can program it not to engage aircraft of your own type for example Gripen to avoid friendly fire in a high intensity conflict where there are multiple aircraft in the battle space.

According to Denel Dynamics CE Jan Wessels “The rest of the programme is now qualification and industrialisation. So the real technology has all been solved. On a programme like this those were the risks. On a fifth generation missile like this there were many things we had never done. They have all now been ticked off. Now we can increase the reliability and maturity of the system.” During industrialisation focus is on increasing reliability and reducing the cost of production.

No performance figures has been published but the dimensions and weight is very similar to the ASRAAM but A-Darter will be far more manoeuvrable because it has thrust vectoring that ASRAAM does not have.

Performance figures will not be published or substantially understated, this is a Denel policy to give users a strategic advantage and I can personally testify to that fact. We have used systems in combat during 1987 where the real range that we achieved was 60% further than the official range published by Denel in 2011. I am not aware of any range stated by Denel that is not at least 20% less than the real range. So if you do not hear it from a pilot that uses it you can disregard anything you read.

I have also herd rumours (but nothing official) that RSA and Brazil is considering joint development of a beyond visual range missile once the development of A-Darter is finished. RSA has previously developed the R-Darter which they have now withdrawn from service but has not yet named the replacement.

I hope this helps you.

Best wishes

... não traduzi estas informações no google tradutor ainda, porque ja sei que não vai adiantar nada, alguem que fala o "inglês bem dizido" vê se tem algo diferente do que nós ja sabemos aiH!

[AlbertoRJ]

MICA replacement into question

In the 2011 defense budget law of the french National Assembly, the deputy François Cornut-Gentille tackles the issue of the mica missile successor. According to this repport, the missile will need to be replaced between 2020 and 2025. Considering that about 10 years are required to develop and integrate such a weapon, the deputy is urging the french assembly to launch a new medium range missile program as soon as possible otherwise, the french military could have no other choice than to buy a US missile in 10 years...

The MBDA Mica Missile has entered into french Air Force service in 1996 on the Mirage 2000-5. It was also the first non-US "Fox 3" missile to be operational in NATO forces.Available in IR and EM version, it has been exported to Taiwan, Greece, UAE, Qatar for their mirage 2000-5, as well as to Morocco (mirage F1 upgrade) and Oman (VL Mica). Today, it is the primary Air defense missile of the Rafale for CAC and BVR engagements and it should be complemented after 2015 by the MBDA Meteor missile for very long range interception. (>100 km).





The mica is a very versatile missile as both versions are capable of extreme maneuvering at close range thanks to the TVC and, at the same time, able of medium range BVR engagements thanks to a very high velocity/acceleration (mach 4 reached in the few seconds), and data link.

Besides TVC and an IIR seeker, this last point is the main difference between the Mica IR and its russian cousin, the R-27 T/ET. Indeed, the lack of data link prevents the R-27 T to be locked after launch and therefore limit its effective firing range to the range of its IR seeker. That the reason why, unlike the Mica IR, it's not a truly BVR IR missile but rather a long endurance FOX 2 intended to catch up fleeing targets at 10-15 km range.

Despite all those qualities that make it one the most dangerous air defense missile on the battlefield today, the Mica has some drawbacks :

It's small and light, which is good, but that limited size also prevents the Mica to compete with the last versions of the larger AIM-120C7/D amraam when it comes to raw effective range.
It is very expensive due to the rather limited number of units produced, compared to the amraam
It has a one way datalink whereas up&down datalinks are becoming the norm for BVR missiles.

Defense budget law:
http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/bu ... 747_828551

Fonte: Rafale News (2010).

[LeandroGCard]

... não traduzi estas informações no google tradutor ainda, porque ja sei que não vai adiantar nada, alguem que fala o "inglês bem dizido" vê se tem algo diferente do que nós ja sabemos aiH!

Basicamente as informações dão conta de que o A-darter já foi testado tanto com lançamentos do solo quanto em vôo, e todos os testes foram bem sucedidos. As dificuldades técnicas típicas de novos desenvolvimentos já teriam sido resolvidas, e agora o míssil está em fase de industrialização, onde não é mais necessário resolver nenhum problema mas apenas estabelecer os procedimentos de produção e tentar reduzir os custos de fabricação onde possível.

O texto informa que o míssil suportou até 12G instantâneos em manobras do avião lançador (Gripen), que foi lançado sem problemas. Os parâmetros de performance não tem sido divulgados, mas devem ser equivalentes aos do ASRAAM, que tem dimensões e características similares, porém com maior capacidade de manobra (pelo menos no início do vôo) devido à presença de vetoração de empuxo. Ele poderá ser guiado pelo visor no capacete do piloto, pelo radar do avião e terá capacidade LOAL, o que incrementará seu alcance para além do visual. O sensor IIR de duas cores terá algorítmos inteligentes de reconhecimento de imagem, que o tornará capaz de diferenciar entre os aviões-alvo e os despistadores, e até de reconhecer aeronaves amigas e inimigas.

O objetivo do programa é ter um míssil sem componentes restritos originários de nenhum país da OTAN, de forma a ser completamente imune a embargos. Isto garantiria a exportação a qualquer país sem restrições, e é considerado um ponto importante na estratégia de marketing.


Acho que estes são os pontos principais.

Um abraço,


Leandro G. cardoso

[Carlos Mathias]

O objetivo do programa é ter um míssil sem componentes restritos originários de nenhum país da OTAN, de forma a ser completamente imune a embargos. Isto garantiria a exportação a qualquer país sem restrições, e é considerado um ponto importante na estratégia de marketing.

Excelente estratégia de vendas.

[SantaCatarinaBR]

... não traduzi estas informações no google tradutor ainda, porque ja sei que não vai adiantar nada, alguem que fala o "inglês bem dizido" vê se tem algo diferente do que nós ja sabemos aiH!

Basicamente as informações dão conta de que o A-darter já foi testado tanto com lançamentos do solo quanto em vôo, e todos os testes foram bem sucedidos. As dificuldades técnicas típicas de novos desenvolvimentos já teriam sido resolvidas, e agora o míssil está em fase de industrialização, onde não é mais necessário resolver nenhum problema mas apenas estabelecer os procedimentos de produção e tentar reduzir os custos de fabricação onde possível.

O texto informa que o míssil suportou até 12G instantâneos em manobras do avião lançador (Gripen), que foi lançado sem problemas. Os parâmetros de performance não tem sido divulgados, mas devem ser equivalentes aos do ASRAAM, que tem dimensões e características similares, porém com maior capacidade de manobra (pelo menos no início do vôo) devido à presença de vetoração de empuxo. Ele poderá ser guiado pelo visor no capacete do piloto, pelo radar do avião e terá capacidade LOAL, o que incrementará seu alcance para além do visual. O sensor IIR de duas cores terá algorítmos inteligentes de reconhecimento de imagem, que o tornará capaz de diferenciar entre os aviões-alvo e os despistadores, e até de reconhecer aeronaves amigas e inimigas.

O objetivo do programa é ter um míssil sem componentes restritos originários de nenhum país da OTAN, de forma a ser completamente imune a embargos. Isto garantiria a exportação a qualquer país sem restrições, e é considerado um ponto importante na estratégia de marketing.


Acho que estes são os pontos principais.

Um abraço,


Leandro G. cardoso

Obrigado pelas esplicações!

[Jacobs]

Irônico o Penguin abrir tópico sobre misseis ar-ar.

Tu é anti-navio rapá!

[thelmo rodrigues]

... não traduzi estas informações no google tradutor ainda, porque ja sei que não vai adiantar nada, alguem que fala o "inglês bem dizido" vê se tem algo diferente do que nós ja sabemos aiH!

Basicamente as informações dão conta de que o A-darter já foi testado tanto com lançamentos do solo quanto em vôo, e todos os testes foram bem sucedidos. As dificuldades técnicas típicas de novos desenvolvimentos já teriam sido resolvidas, e agora o míssil está em fase de industrialização, onde não é mais necessário resolver nenhum problema mas apenas estabelecer os procedimentos de produção e tentar reduzir os custos de fabricação onde possível.

O texto informa que o míssil suportou até 12G instantâneos em manobras do avião lançador (Gripen), que foi lançado sem problemas. Os parâmetros de performance não tem sido divulgados, mas devem ser equivalentes aos do ASRAAM, que tem dimensões e características similares, porém com maior capacidade de manobra (pelo menos no início do vôo) devido à presença de vetoração de empuxo. Ele poderá ser guiado pelo visor no capacete do piloto, pelo radar do avião e terá capacidade LOAL, o que incrementará seu alcance para além do visual. O sensor IIR de duas cores terá algorítmos inteligentes de reconhecimento de imagem, que o tornará capaz de diferenciar entre os aviões-alvo e os despistadores, e até de reconhecer aeronaves amigas e inimigas.

O objetivo do programa é ter um míssil sem componentes restritos originários de nenhum país da OTAN, de forma a ser completamente imune a embargos. Isto garantiria a exportação a qualquer país sem restrições, e é considerado um ponto importante na estratégia de marketing.


Acho que estes são os pontos principais.

Um abraço,


Leandro G. cardoso

Bastante promissor.

[Penguin]

Lockheed unveils concept to replace AMRAAM-HARM
By Stephen Trimble on September 22, 2011 2:36 PM
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-d ... to-re.html



Boeing and Raytheon have always seemed the favourites to win the US Air Force next generation missile (NGM) contract.

The NGM -- formerly titled with the mouthful of joint dual role air dominance missile, or JDRADM -- aims to replace the AIM-120 AMRAAM and the AGM-88 HARM. Note that both are Raytheon missiles. Meanwhile, Boeing has collected a series of wonderfully acronym'd research and development contracts from the Air Force Research Laboratory (my favourite is called "MR ROKM"). Raytheon and Boeing are also working on separate NGM demonstrations funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's triple-target terminator (T3) programme.

But Lockheed Martin wished to remind folks at the Air Force Association's annual convention that they're also in the missile business, and, yes, they, too, want a piece of that NGM action.

So Lockheed unveiled its own notional concept for the NGM in the exhibit hall. There was some initial confusion because someone placed a Boeing sticker on Lockheed's model. The sticker showed an NGM fired by a Lockheed F-22, so it illustrated the concept. But the sticker also was clearly labeled as property of "The Boeing Company". After we pointed this out, Lockheed quickly removed the sticker.

Lockheed is actually still partnered with Northrop Grumman. We recall when the Lockheed-Northrop partnership was announced at the 2008 Farnborough air show. At that time, these partners refused to confirm the deal was focused on the then-JDRADM competition, although it seemed obvious.

[Penguin]

DATE:22/09/11
SOURCE:Flight International
Lockheed Martin stays in competition to replace AMRAAM, HARM with new missile
By Stephen Trimble

A Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman team has revealed plans to compete for a contract to replace two Raytheon missiles - the AIM-120 AMRAAM and AGM-88 HARM - despite being shut out of a series of technology development contract awards.

A notional concept for the US Air Force's next generation missile (NGM) was displayed in Lockheed's exhibit at the Air Force Association's annual convention in Washington DC.

The missile showed a standard AMRAAM, with four control fins mounted on the mid-body and the tail of the missile. It was not clear how the notional concept compares to the Lockheed/Northrop team's internal designs.

The USAF is planning to release a request for proposals to industry in late 2012, said Chuck Morant, Lockheed's manager of strike weapons business development.

Lockheed also confirmed that its partnership with Northrop remains active, and that the US firms have invested internal research and development funding in the NGM concept.

US aerospace and defence firm Alliant Techsystems (ATK) has dropped out of the Lockheed/Northrop team that was originally announced in July 2008, Morant added.

The NGM, previously known as the joint dual-role air dominance missile, is being designed to equip the Lockheed F-22 and F-35 with a long-range missile that can strike other aircraft or surface-to-air missile systems.

The missile must also be small enough to be stored inside an internal weapons bay.

Boeing and Raytheon each received competitive awards last year from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to complete an advanced missile demonstration under the triple target terminator (T3) programme.

The T3 programme was launched after Boeing was awarded a series of technology development awards by the Air Force Research Laboratory, to work on a new directional warhead and a new kind of seeker with an integrated fuse.
Each of the technologies is expected to feed into the advanced NGM programme.

The USAF plans to launch the competitive prototype demonstration programme next year, according to acquisition documents.