Raytheon unveils Peregrine medium-range air-to-air missile at #ASC19
Es curioso que Raytheon diga que está desarrollando esta tecnología con su propio dinero, ya que tiene contratos desde 2016 dentro del programa SACM, por ejemplo:
https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... le/643762/...
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $14,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity cost contract for research and development in support of increased capabilities for next-generation, air-launched, tactical missiles. Contractor will work to increase the number of missiles carried on a single sortie, increase the effectiveness of each missile, and enhance the platform survivability against all threats in an anti-access, area denial (A2AD) environment. Two research concepts to fulfill these needs are the Small Advanced Capability Missile (SACM) and Miniature Self-Defense Munition (MSDM). The SACM will support affordable, highly lethal, small size and weight ordnance with advanced air frame design and synergistic control capabilities for air dominance enabling high air-to-air load-out. The MSDM will support miniaturized weapon capabilities for air superiority by enabling close-in platform self-defense and penetration into contested A2AD environment with little to no impact to payload capacity. Work will be performed at Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be complete by Jan. 19, 2021. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition with four offers received. Fiscal 2016 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $388,905 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Munitions Directorate, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity (FA8651-16-D-0314).
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Destacar que el concepto no lleva la banda amarilla, lo que indicaría que no tiene cabeza de combate:
https://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/p ... ir-missileRespecto al MSDM, es un concepto que sigue muy vivo:
http://www.airforcemag.com/Features/Pag ... ocket.aspxPor cierto, revisando este hilo, resulta que ya en 2016 Orel puso algo de lo que conocemos ahora como el AIM-260, el SSTRR ("Supersonic Testbed Risk Reduction"):
http://portierramaryaire.com/foro/viewt ... &start=750Resulta que este programa ya estaba en desarrollo como mínimo desde 2013:
https://aviationweek.com/awin/lockheed- ... e-conceptsBill Sweetman | Aerospace Daily & Defense Report
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FORT WASHINGTON, Md. — Lockheed Martin is showing three conceptual air-launched missiles at the Air Force Association (AFA) show outside Washington this week, two of which are air-to-air weapons.
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SuperSonic Testbed Risk Reduction (SSTRR) represents work on a future weapon in the same size class as the AIM-120 Amraam. The company is carrying out trade studies involving air-breathing and rocket propulsion, including multi-pulse motors, hit-to-kill technology and different guidance technologies. “Everyone wants everything,” a Lockheed Martin engineer explains. “If everyone in the room is crying, we’ve got it about right.”
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Both Cuda and SSTRR are being supported by independent research and development money and are being pushed as concepts of interest under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Air Dominance Initiative project.
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