The A-Darter missile system was jointly developed by the South African Air Force and Brazilian Air Force. A-Darter, also known as V3E Agile Darter, is a fifth-generation short range, air-to-air missile (SRAAM) developed in South Africa. The AAM is designed to meet the challenges which m...
The Pakistan Air Force placed an order in early 2006 for 500 AIM-120C-5 AMRAAM missiles under its $650m F-16 ammunition contract. In September 2006, the USAF placed a $66m foreign military sales (FMS) contract to deliver 123 AIM-120C5 missiles for Saudi Arabia and Singapore. Poland rec...
Air to air missilesManagementAir Force procurementAir Force planningJoint military activitiesPoliciesProject managementThis report reviews past and present Air Force AAM efforts with an emphasis placed upon management lessons learned. Future AAM developments in the Air Force will most likely also be joint...
He said the missile could have a maximum range of 400 km, farther than any air-to-air missiles used by Western air forces. He added that based on his experience, an ultralong-range missile would enter the the stratosphere - at an altitude of 20 to 50 km - and continue its flight the...
[surface-to-air missiles], it would be relegated to a position — much like the [E-8] JSTARS, much like the [E-3 Sentry] AWACS — to where it would be almost combat ineffective in its current role. We will still need AC-130s to fly top cover in Africa; the same thing with ...
Air to air missiles to date have been almost entirely rocket powered, as this better suits the requirement of high thrust for a short duration. However, experimental ramjet versions have been produced, particularly in France and the former USSR. Several current proposals involve ramjets, as air-...
It’s been clear for a while that Moscow won’t try to recreate production of An-124s; modernization is supposed to allow them to serve until the 2040s when PAK TA might enter the force. Shoygu could be right. The demand for super-heavy airlift might be growing, especially given the...
For the long term, given that the Air Force plans to fly the F-22 well into the 2060s, these weapons upgrades are engineered to build the technical foundation needed to help integrate a new generation of air-to-air missiles as they emerge in coming years. ...
The Plastic Diaphragm is centered in the missile, and is connected by means of a lever arrangement to a needle-like pointer whose mass is much smaller than that of the diaphragm. Two opposing openings (covered by a fine mesh screen) in the missiles body allow sound to enter to the diaphra...
A Florida airport called in the U.S. Air Force after discovering a live air-to-air Matra 530 missile. Here's what happened to the missile.