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A technical drawing of AIM-54C. The following is a list of AIM-54 Phoenix specifications: [28] Primary function: long-range, air-launched, air-intercept missile; Contractor: Hughes Aircraft Company and Raytheon Corporation; Unit cost: about $477,000, but this varied greatly; Power plant: solid propellant rocket motor built by Hercules Incorporated
An AIM-7 variant called Sparrow II was the first attempt at producing a semi-active radar homing missile, however the first air-to-air missile to introduce a terminal active seeker operationally was the AIM-54 Phoenix [4] carried by the F-14 Tomcat, which entered service in 1972. This relieved the launch platform of the need to illuminate the ...
This was where most of the Navy's missiles were developed and tested during the 1950/1960 era, including the AIM-7 Sparrow family and the AIM-54 Phoenix air-to-air, Bullpup air-to-surface, and Regulus surface-to-surface missiles. Pt. Mugu has dominated the area since the 1940s, and is one of the few places in the area that is not agricultural.
SS-17 Spanker (NATO reporting name for the MR-UR-100 Sotka) SS-18 Satan (NATO reporting name for the R-36M) SS-19 Stiletto (NATO reporting name for the UR-100N) SS-20 Saber (NATO reporting name for the RSD-10 Pioneer) SS-21 Scarab (NATO reporting name for the OTR-21 Tochka) SS-22 Scaleboard (NATO reporting name for the TR-1 Temp modified versions)
The F-111B's nose was 8.5 feet (2.59 m) shorter due to its need to fit on existing carrier elevator decks, and had 3.5 feet (1.07 m) longer wingspan to improve on-station endurance time. The Navy version would carry an AN/AWG-9 Pulse-Doppler radar and six AIM-54 Phoenix missiles. The Air Force version would carry the AN/APQ-113 attack radar and ...
Proposed amid a cost-cutting push by President-elect Donald Trump, Warren's bill would make contractors give the military "fair and reasonable access" to parts, tools and repair instructions.
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In 1996 Hughes Electronics and PanAmSat agree to merge their fixed satellite services into a new publicly held company, also called PanAmSat with Hughes Electronics as majority shareholder. In 1995, Hughes Aircraft sold its Technology Products Division (automated wire and die bonder) to an investor group led by Citicorp and incorporated the ...