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The Aerojet Rocketdyne AR1 is a 2,200-kilonewton-class (500,000 lbf) thrust RP-1/LOX oxidizer-rich staged combustion cycle rocket engine project. [1]The engine was conceived in 2014, and received US government funding to build a prototype engine in 2016. [2]
The CM-501G missile has been said by many Chinese internet sources as the Chinese equivalent of the American NLOS-LS Netfires missile or the Israeli JUMPER missile, but the Chinese missile is much larger than the two western counterparts: in comparison to the 50 to 60 kg weight of western missiles, CM-501G weighs around 150 kg, almost three times the weight of Netfires or JUMPER missiles.
The 2012 defence budget presented to the Senate reported the project had cost €592.2m (~US$800m) with a unit cost of €164,000, or €252,000 including development costs. [ 1 ] In 2017 La Tribune reported a unit cost of €120,000 for a new version called AASM Evolution (Block IV) with the aim by Safran to lower it to €80,000.
In November 2014, the State Department approved the sale of up to 2,000 APKWS rockets to Iraq. [51] In June 2015, a deal to sell 6 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to the Lebanese Air Force was approved that included the sale of 2,000 APKWS rockets for use on the turboprops. The US$462 million sale was financed by Saudi Arabia. [52] [53]
AR-1 may refer to AR-1 (rocket engine) Arkansas's 1st congressional district; Arkansas Highway 1; An Acoustic Research corporation loudspeaker, famous as the first acoustic suspension speaker. The USS Medusa (AR-1), the first US Navy repair ship; AR-1 (multiple rocket launcher) The AR-1 "Parasniper", a bolt-action rifle manufactured by ArmaLite
The MIM-72A/M48 Chaparral is an American-made self-propelled surface-to-air missile system based on the AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile system. The launcher is based on the M113 family of vehicles. It entered service with the United States Army in 1969 and was phased out between 1990 and 1998.
Surface-to-air missile system 25 Squadrons for IAF Soviet Union: Status: Being replaced by Akash. Mainly used for point-defense of airbases. [275] 9K33 Osa (SA-8 Gecko) Surface-to-air missile system: 80 Soviet Union: Status: In service (To be replaced by QRSAM) with IAF and IA. [275] [282] 9K35 Strela-10 (SA-13 Gopher) Surface-to-air missile ...
Finland was the first operator of the system. The cost of the system is roughly 8 million euros (excluding the vehicle). Greece is another user, and paid 1 billion French Francs in 1998 for 11 systems: 9 for the Hellenic Air Force and 2 for the Hellenic Navy. In 2002 euros, that would have amounted up to 12 million euros per unit. Crotale Mk.3 ...