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In 1995, Hughes and British Aerospace collaborated on the "P3I ASRAAM", a version of ASRAAM as a candidate for the AIM-9X program. [citation needed] The ultimate winner was the Hughes submission using the same seeker but with the rocket motor, fuse and warhead of the AIM-9M. The latter was a US Air Force stipulation to ease the logistics burden ...
The AIM-9X entered service in November 2003 with the USAF (the lead platform was the F-15C) and the USN (the lead platform was the F/A-18C) and is a substantial upgrade to the Sidewinder family featuring an imaging infrared focal-plane array (FPA) seeker with claimed 90° off-boresight capability, compatibility with helmet-mounted displays such ...
Compared to the other 5th generation IR-guided missiles, such as AIM-9X, ASRAAM which use staring array, [38] the IRIS-T uses an InSb [39] two-colour seeker based around a 128x2 linear array and a scanning mirror which builds an image from a row of detector elements and scans rapidly across the target. It would produce a 128x128 size image 80 ...
The AIM-260 production is expected to overtake AIM-120 production by 2026. [8] [10] Development of the missile has been highly classified; it is a Special Access Program. [6] In FY 2020, the U.S. Air Force appropriated $6.5m for the construction of a custom storage vault at Hill AFB specifically for the JATM, citing the classified nature of the ...
ASRAAM (project name for the AIM-132 ASRAAM) ASGLA (Igla missile) (Germano-Ukrainian) land-based VSHORAD system ASRAD (Stinger, RBS-70 mk2, Igla, Mistral, Starburst missiles) land-based VSHORAD system
On December 3, 2007, AIM-9X missiles with installed NCADE infrared seeker was tested against the Orion target rocket launched from White Sands Missile Range. Missiles were launched from the F-16 of the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center. One modified AIM-9X intercepted the target rocket and the other observed the intercept ...
A more recent version of the SLAMRAAM program is the NASAMS High Mobility Launcher made in cooperation with Kongsberg, where the launch-vehicle is a Humvee (M1152A1 HMMWV), containing four AMRAAMs and two AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II each. [7] First HML launchers were delivered to the Norwegian Army in 2013. [8]
ONE - semiactive radar-guided missile, such as an AIM-7 Sparrow or Skyflash. TWO - infrared-guided missile, such as an AIM-9 Sidewinder or AIM-132 ASRAAM. THREE - active radar-guided missile, such as an AIM-120 AMRAAM or AIM-54 Phoenix. Fox mike Very high frequency (VHF)/frequency modulated (FM) radio. Friendly A positively identified friendly ...