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Aim 260 vs meteor11/25/2023 ![]() ![]() And then it settles to MPRF for the terminals, once it's acquired. F-Pole and you are range constrained in terms of the distance you can pull the stealth target in handing off the missile, then there rapidly comes a point where you are Q or thermal limited on the missile being able to get down range and 'lock on' before the enemy weapon can do the same.Īn AMRAAM comes at you in HPRF at a HUGE amount of watts, for it's size. 85 or whatever and then have the cuing fighter come in behind it? F-22) and the difference between my A-Pole and his is miniscule in terms of what I can do to exit the seeker volume, why isn't it a superior option to have a missile _pre launch_ with 500nm on the MALD and say 250nm on the MALI, so that it can steam away at. If I can only detect a VLO platform at 25nm (Typhoon CAPTOR-M vs. There is definitly more urgency now given prior focus on A2G munitions given the wars we've been fighting over the last 2 decades. Between AMRAAM, JATM, AIM-9, and SACM and MSDM we could be having new missiles or technology insertions happening every few years. Block II AIM-9 is in service and Block III is being considered with that program now continuing itno the early to mid 2030's at the least. The D variant AMRAAM just recently became operational. But given reports of Lockheed's CUDA flight tested having been funded by AFRL, it would be tough to imagine that they aren't thinking about those things already as they develop budgets for FY22 and beyond. We don't know if plans to begin more serious development on SACM or CAST off-shoots is already in the works. The JATM proves that they can not only do it but keep it pretty hush through the competition and a couple of years into development. Until a year or so ago, few thought that the USAF would develop a completely new BVR AAM in secret. ![]() How that moves forward with further development and demonstrations will likely emerge with the FY22 budget request. Whit all that work, they were expecting to reach TRL-3/4 for that system by FY21. I believe the rocket motor demonstrations were contracted for late last year. Boeing, Raytheon and Aerojet all received contracts for development and/or demonstrations. SACM had multiple technology development efforts funded. Overlap as in? This particular solicitation is to research and develop promising technologies. ![]()
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