Misiles y armas aire-aire, aire-superficie y antiaéreos

[Atticus]

Noticia curiosa que no se muy bien donde encaja. Al parecer ingenieros israelies han vendido a china tecnologías de misiles norteamericanos. https://m.publico.es/actualidad/israel- ... u.html/amp

No sé si fiarme de esta noticia tratándose de público y que además confunden un misil con un drone kamikaze (Harop), al que además se le conoce como Harpy-2 y los de público piensan que son 2 misiles distintos cuando es un único modelo de drone.

Yo tampoco me fiaria... si no hubiera ya un historial de ese tipo de componendas entre Israel y China. La primera gorda la tuvieron con el Lavi hace decadas, y desde entonces no es que hayan parado.

[Vorlon]

Skyranger 30 , una solución más ligera y apta para cualquier blindado.

https://www.edrmagazine.eu/rheinmetall- ... yranger-30


saludos

[Orel]

¿Mk.82 o BR-500? ¿Expal fabrica ambas? En todo caso, capacidad que es importante no perder... aunque se venda a empresas de fuera mientras la fábrica y el bagaje queden aquí...:
https://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2021/ ... lares.html

The US Navy is researching what it would take to develop an air-breathing hypersonic anti-ship missile that could be carried and launched from the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.
https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing ... 19.article

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is aiming to accelerate the pace at which it adds weapons to its Golden Horde network by using a simulation software called Colosseum.
https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing ... 52.article

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¿JAGM para RU? (11/3/2021): https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2534571/

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Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $201,748,880 modification (P00055) to contract W31P4Q-18-C-0130 for the procurement of Joint Air-to-Ground Munitions. Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2023. Fiscal 2010 Foreign Military Sales (United Kingdom) funds; fiscal 2019 and 2020 procurement of ammunition (Army) funds; and 2019 and 2020 procurement (defense-wide) funds in the amount of $201,748,880 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
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[champi]

De nuevo cae algo para el SM-2, en este caso para mantenimiento durante este año (12/3/2021): https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2536304/

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Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $9,231,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-17-C-5410 to exercise an option and provide funding for engineering and technical services in support of Standard Missile (SM-2/6). Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (85%); Australia (4%); Japan (3%); South Korea (2%); Spain (2%); Taiwan (2%); Netherlands (1%); and Germany (1%), and is expected to be completed by December 2021. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test, and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,374,000 (58%); fiscal 2021 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,500,000 (27%); and Foreign Military Sales funds (governments of Denmark, Germany, Japan, and Korea) in the amount of $1,357,000 (15%) will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
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El 2% se correspondería con unos $184.600.

También para el AMRAAM:

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Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $17,918,000 firm-fixed-price modification (P00011) to contract FA8675-20-C-0033 for the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile program. This modification provides for a life of type procurement of known obsolete components in support of production and sustainment through the program of record and recertification of a new Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) device on the central processing unit (CPU) circuit card assembly. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed July 31, 2022. This contract involves unclassified Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Australia, Japan, Poland, Qatar, Spain, Kuwait, Slovakia, Denmark, United Kingdom, Norway and Netherlands. Air Force fiscal 2019 missile procurement funds in the amount of $105,284; Air Force fiscal 2020 missile procurement funds in the amount of $8,129,895; Navy fiscal 2020 missile procurement funds in the amount of $4,933,174; and FMS funds in the amount of $4,749,647 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity.
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https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/tubit ... pons-44887

TUBITAK: the force behind Turkey’s new hypersonic weapons
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The Turkish armed forces will soon add weapons powered by electromagnetic waves to its inventory, thanks to TUBITAK's newly launched hypersonic ammunition.
Turkey’s Scientific and Technological Research Council (TUBITAK) is at the forefront of fostering scientific and tech-driven culture in the country.

Its research and development institute TUBITAK SAGE also plays a key role in developing high-tech missiles, rockets and ammunition systems to bolster Turkey's defence industry.

TUBITAK recently completed a project, an important milestone in the field of weapon building, when they built ammunition propelled by electromagnetic waves, or in other words, ammunition that does not require the support of gunpowder or chemicals.

The country's first electromagnetic weapon, SAPAN, can fire gunpowder-free bullets using electromagnetic energy. The bullets can reach the target 8-10 times faster than the speed of sound.


Gurcan Okumus, who works as a manager at TUBITAK SAGE, told TRT World that although SAPAN was successfully launched, it needs "some additional work" before adding it to the "inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces".

"With the electromagnetic launch systems, ammunition can be directed to the target at hypersonic speeds. Next-generation systems of this type will have a huge force multiplier effect for our military when it enters the inventory,” Okumus said.

In an exclusive interview with TRT World, Okumus also said that with the SAPAN project, a great deal of knowledge has been gained in design and testing for missile and ammunition studies that will be proceeded at hypersonic speeds.

“Such systems, with very special electronic design and production, as well as advanced technological materials, raise the level of technology of our country to the highest level in special tests. Moreover, it provides the creation of data sets and testing facilities for defence systems which might be developed against our systems in the future,” Okumus said.

According to Okumus, the electromagnetic launch systems are an important milestone in the transition from chemical-powered systems to electric-powered ones.

“But these are the systems that a limited number of countries in the world are working on and have not yet reached sufficient maturity for widespread use. As it is known, chemical-powered systems cause greater destruction and major environmental and permanent damage with secondary effects after hitting the targets,” Okumus says.

“With these systems, a more secure storage and logistics facility, cheaper costs, and a more effective attack and defence force can be created with a longer range,” he adds.

Apart from the SAPAN project, TUBITAK SAGE has also been working on Ramjet Supersonic missiles, precision-guided smart missiles and missile projects like the SOM which is a next-generation autonomous, low observable, high precision cruise missile.

Since the main goal of this institute is to conduct applied research and technological development, thus contributing to the establishment and development of a national defence industry based on scientific and technological principles at home, it has been a pioneering institution in Turkey that develops several other systems and subsystems that turn into products. This is due to its R&D capability in the fields of missiles, rocket and ammunition in the defence industry.

In this context, explaining the recently developed SAPAN and other projects’ importance, Okumus says TUBITAK SAGE's goal is to continue producing innovative defence technology.

Emphasising its role in the future of Turkey’s defence industry, Okumus says the further achievements in hypersonic systems, artificial intelligence technologies, electromagnetic launch systems, propulsion technologies and advanced navigation solutions, will be the priority of TUBITAK SAGE in the next decade.

“TUBITAK SAGE initiated revolution of the national smart munitions and national missiles in Turkey and has become an example for the entire sector by proving that these systems can be developed by Turkish engineers,” Okumus added.

“For the nationalisation of Turkey’s defence industry, TUBITAK SAGE’s aim is to serve Turkey at the highest level, which is the source of the motivation of our institution.”

[champi]

Disparo final de un AIM-120D SIP 3 ("System Improvement Program") en el programa de pruebas e integración a bordo de un F/A-18F: https://twitter.com/NAVAIRNews/status/1 ... 3115856899

[Orel]

Fijáos qué burrada. La mayoría de programas empezaron en 2017, cuando EEUU varió su enfoque hacia China y Rusia y vieron que estaban más avanzados en ese campo:

USA has funded 70 efforts to develop hypersonic missiles, and related technologies, between fiscal years 2015 and 2024 totalling nearly $15 billion

The majority of this funding is for product development and potential fielding of prototype offensive hypersonic weapons,” says the GAO. “Additionally, it includes substantial investments in developing technologies for next generation hypersonic weapons and a smaller proportion aimed at countering hypersonic threats.”
Over 60% of the hypersonic development efforts started after FY2017, around the time when it became clear that China and Russia’s missile development had leapt ahead of the USA’s.
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The US Air Force (USAF), US Army, and US Navy (USN) have five product efforts underway to develop offensive prototypes. There are no hypersonic weapons in production yet.

https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing ... 07.article

AFRL completes second Golden Horde demonstration, shifts focus to Colosseum digital weapon ecosystem:
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news ... -ecosystem

Y restos de un Storm Shadow inglés en Iraq:
https://twitter.com/air_intel/status/13 ... 7205764103

[champi]

Importante contrato para el NGI ("Next Generation Interceptor", 23/3/2021): https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releas ... r-program/

The Department of Defense has awarded two contracts to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. in support of the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program. With an estimated maximum value of $1.6 billion through fiscal year 2022, this contract award is structured to carry two designs into the technology development and risk reduction phase of the acquisition program to reduce technical and schedule risk. This award will ensure NGI is an efficient and effective part of an integrated Missile Defense System (MDS) solution.

The Missile Defense Agency awards on March 23, 2021 support the department’s goal of increased competition by funding two designs while remaining flexible to align with evolving Defense Department strategies and priorities.

“Today’s awards are an important step in modernizing our Missile Defense System,” said Stacy Cummings, performing the duties of Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. “NGI plays an important role in our homeland defense, and our acquisition strategy is ensuring the department maximizes innovation to keep pace with rapidly advancing threats.”

As the ground-based midcourse missile defense system, NGI is an advanced interceptor designed to protect the nation against intercontinental ballistic missile attack. The department will uphold “fly before you buy” principles to ensure the overall system and components have been rigorously flight-tested prior to making any procurement decisions.

“NGI is the result of the first holistic technical assessment of homeland defenses the department has conducted since initial system operations began in 2004,” added Vice Adm. Jon Hill, Director, Missile Defense Agency. “By planning to carry two vendors through technology development, MDA will maximize the benefits of competition to deliver the most effective and reliable homeland defense missile to the warfighter as soon as possible. Once fielded, this new homeland defense interceptor will be capable of defeating expected threat advances into the 2030s and beyond.”

El total se va casi a los $4.000 millones: https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2547591/

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Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Chandler, Arizona, is being awarded one of two competitive cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-plus-incentive-fee contracts. The total value of this contract is $3,932,649,057 (base: $2,629,667,873; options: $1,302,981,184) if funded through the full base period. The initial program funding limitation for both contracts combined is $1,600,000,000 through fiscal 2022. In alignment with the Department of Defense's current missile defense strategy, Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. will perform technology development and risk reduction of the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) All-Up-Round capable of surviving natural and hostile environments while countering emerging threats. Allowing a technology development phase will help ensure that the NGI is an efficient and effective part of an integrated Missile Defense System solution by permitting the department to further analyze requirements and make necessary adjustments in preparation for the product development phase. The work will be performed in Chandler, Arizona; and Huntsville, Alabama. The performance period is from March 2021 through May 2026. This contract was competitively procured via publication on the government-wide Point of Entry website with three proposals received. Fiscal 2021 research and development funds in the amount of $291,930,500 are being obligated on this award. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity (HQ085621C0003).

Lockheed Martin Corp., Huntsville, Alabama, is being awarded one of two competitive cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-plus-incentive-fee contracts. The total value of this contract is $3,693,205,221 (base: $2,447,168,225; options: $1,246,036,996) if funded through the full base period. The initial program funding limitation for both contracts combined is $1,600,000,000 through fiscal 2022. In alignment with the Department of Defense's current missile defense strategy, Lockheed Martin Corp. will perform technology development and risk reduction of the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) All-Up-Round capable of surviving natural and hostile environments while countering emerging threats. Allowing a technology development phase will help ensure that the NGI is an efficient and effective part of an integrated Missile Defense System solution by permitting the department to further analyze requirements and make necessary adjustments in preparation for the product development phase. The work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama; and Sunnyvale, California. The performance period is from March 2021 through August 2025. This contract was competitively procured via publication on the government-wide Point of Entry website with three proposals received. Fiscal 2021 research and development funds in the amount of $291,930,500 are being obligated on this award. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity (HQ085621C0001).
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[champi]

Contrato para AMRAAM, una gran parte para exportación (26/3/2021): https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2552501/

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AIR FORCE

Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $518,443,821 firm-fixed-price, incentive contract for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) Production Lot 34, with priced options for Lots 35 and 36. This basic contract award provides for the production of the Lot 34 AMRAAMs, Captive Air Training Missiles (CATMs), guidance sections, AMRAAM Telemetry System (ATS), initial and field spares, and other production engineering support hardware and activities. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2023. This contract involves unclassified Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Indonesia, Japan, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, South Korea, and Qatar. Fiscal 2019 Air Force missile procurement funds in the amount of $5,348,048; fiscal 2020 Air Force missile procurement funds in the amount of $108,158,773; fiscal 2019 Navy weapons procurement funds in the amount of $26,003,961; fiscal 2020 Navy weapons procurement funds in the amount of $77,192,047; fiscal 2021 Navy weapons procurement funds in the amount of $3,804,680; fiscal 2020 Air Force research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) funds in the amount of $5,306,972; fiscal 2021 Air Force RDT&E funds in the amount of $3,877,865; fiscal 2020 Navy RDT&E funds in the amount of $2,216,700; fiscal 2021 Navy RDT&E funds in the amount of $2,043,378; fiscal 2021 Air Force operation and maintenance (O&M) funds in the amount of $378,993; fiscal 2021 Army O&M funds in the amount of $497,466; and FMS funds in the amount of $283,614,938 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity (FA8675-21-C-0034).
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[champi]

Contrato para la fase II de los THAAD saudíes (31/3/2021): https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2557357/

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MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

Lockheed Martin Corp. Missiles and Fire Control, Dallas, Texas, is being awarded a sole source contract in the amount of $610,465,499 under Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The contract type will be a hybrid firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost reimbursement contract. Under this Phase II contract, the contractor will provide continued efforts initiated in the previously awarded Phase I contract (HQ0147-19-C-0007), as well as efforts related to ground production, training, spares, spares consolidation, software support, facility support, engineering services, obsolescence (pop-up), continental and outside the continental U.S. system integration and check-out, and maintenance. This work will be performed in various locations to include primarily Dallas, Texas; and Sunnyvale, California. The performance period is from April 1, 2021, through Aug. 31, 2027. KSA FMS funds in the amount of $610,465,499 will be used to fund this effort. The Missile Defense Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (HQ0853-21-C-0002).
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Por recordar, este es el contrato de la fase I (4/3/2019): https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/1774554/

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MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

Lockheed Martin Corporation Missiles and Fire Control, Dallas, Texas, is being awarded a non-competitive hybrid contract line item numbers type (cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price and cost reimbursement) contract under Foreign Military Sale (FMS) cases to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The total estimated value of this contract is $945,900,000. Under this undefinitized contract action, the contractor will provide Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) FMS KSA Phase I long lead items, obsolescence, tooling and test equipment, key personnel, line requalification activities, initial training development, System Integration Lab and testbeds, three-level maintenance concept, exportability, and early engineering development. The work will be performed in: Dallas, Texas; Lufkin, Texas; Huntsville, Alabama; Anniston, Alabama; Camden, Arkansas; Troy, Alabama; and Sunnyvale, California. The performance period is from Feb. 28, 2019, through Oct. 31, 2026. KSA FMS funds in the amount of $945,900,000 will be used to fund this effort. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity (HQ0147-19-C-0007).
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Contrato para Stinger (31/3/2021): https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2557357/

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Lockheed Martin Sippican Inc., Marion, Massachusetts, was awarded a $92,450,091 firm-fixed-price contract to procure M934E6 Stinger fuze/warhead body assemblies and M934E7 Stinger proximity fuze warhead body assemblies. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2025. U.S. Army Contracting Command, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (W15QKN-21-D-0008).
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Aunque modestamente, parece que al menos Japón sigue adelante con el Meteor con AESA: https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news ... evelopment

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by Kosuke Takahashi

As part of its budget request for fiscal year 2021, Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) has asked the Ministry of Finance in Tokyo for JPY1.2 billion (USD11.4 million) to push ahead with the co-development of a Joint New Air-to-Air Missile (JNAAM) with the United Kingdom.

This funding request is for the trial production of a prototype of the JNAAM, an MoD official confirmed during a 28 September press briefing.

The joint programme transitioned to a prototype stage in FY18 and is expected to finish trial production of the prototype during FY 2022, according to MoD documents. Following this, the two countries will evaluate the performance of the missile and then decide whether to put the weapon into mass production.

The current joint Japan-UK research project, initiated by the two nations in 2014, is scheduled to conclude by the end of FY 2023, which is March 2024 in Japan.

Janes understands that the UK missile technologies included in the programme relate to MBDA’s Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM).
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http://alert5.com/2020/10/02/japans-mod ... for-jnaam/

Graphic: Japan MoD

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[champi]

Contrato para pruebas y mejoras de la SBD (2/4/2021): https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2560289/

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AIR FORCE

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $79,398,158 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Small Diameter Bomb Increment II lot integration and test. This contract effort will deliver all-up round (AUR) test vehicles, perform AUR-level assembly, checkout, testing and systems integration testing; and prepare for production cut-in and fielding for the multiple engineering changes needed, including National Security Agency (NSA) cryptographic modernization, Global Positioning System (GPS) military code, mitigation of part obsolescence, and design changes evolving from production and/or operations. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed April 1, 2023. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2020 Air Force (USAF) missile procurement funds in the amount of $11,977,567; fiscal 2020 USAF research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) funds in the amount of $6,495,714; fiscal 2021 Navy (USN) RDT&E funds in the amount of $5,133,243; fiscal 2021 USN weapon procurement funds in the amount of $2,783,878; and fiscal 2019 Special Defense Acquisition Funds in the amount of $9,021,596 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity (FA8672-21-F-6052).
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[yasiw]

Gracias por el vídeo. Aunque es de hace muchos años no había visto uno como ese, donde se ve tan claro cómo los misiles giran bruscamente a por su objetivo.

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