Saudi Arabia reportedly bought MBDA's Meteor air-to-air missiles for its Typhoon

Gestart door jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter), 04/02/2015 | 10:26 uur

HermanB

Citaat van: Harald op 04/02/2015 | 14:18 uur
precies, net als die door Nederland bestelde 28 stuks AIM-9X-2 Sidewinder Block II    :crazy:

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2012/10/netherlands-sidewinder-sale.html

Als we die dingen een keer echt nodig hebben dan bedelen we wel bij Uncle Sam.  :'(

Overigens worden nu wel tests uitgevoerd met nieuw aangeschafte bommen (GBU39) dus dat is wel positief.

dudge

Tegelijkertijd, dat zijn aardig wat vliegtuigen die je neer kunt halen.

Harald

Citaat van: Thomasen op 04/02/2015 | 13:28 uur
Dat zijn dus vermoedelijk ~450 missiles. Hoeveel wapens in die klasse gaan wij tzt kopen? 30?

precies, net als die door Nederland bestelde 28 stuks AIM-9X-2 Sidewinder Block II    :crazy:

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2012/10/netherlands-sidewinder-sale.html

dudge

Dat zijn dus vermoedelijk ~450 missiles. Hoeveel wapens in die klasse gaan wij tzt kopen? 30?

jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)

Saudi Arabia reportedly bought MBDA's Meteor air-to-air missiles for its Typhoon fighter aircraft

Tuesday, 03 February 2015

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and European missiles manufacturer MBDA have signed the first export contract of the Meteor active radar guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM), for an estimated amount of $1 bn, reports today French newspaper La Tribune.

The Meteor missiles will be fitted on the 24 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft already delivered to the Royal Saudi Air Force, according to La Tribune.

The MBDA Meteor BVRAAM was initially developed by the UK, though Germany, Italy, Spain, France, and Sweden joined the project shortly thereafter. The missiles are designed for use aboard the Eurofighter Typhoon and Gripen C/D and will be used to counter long-range airborne threats well before they threaten the nation's borders.

MBDA's Meteor is an active radar guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) being developed by MBDA. Meteor will offer a multi-shot capability against long range manoeuvring targets in a heavy electronic countermeasures (ECM) environment with range in excess of 100 km.

Each $2.2 million missile measures about 12 feet in length and 7 inches in diameter, weighs 400 pounds, and carries a blast-fragmentation warhead (though details on the the size of the package remain scarce). Its throttle-able ducted rocket (read: ramjet engine) uses a boron-heavy propellant mix to reportedly achieve a threefold increase in its specific impulse (the measure of a rocket's force—propellant consumption per unit of time) and a 300 percent larger no-escape zone than today's best ramjets like America's AGM-168 JAASM.

http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-news-2015/february/1483-saudi-arabia-reportedly-bought-mbdas-meteor-air-to-air-missiles-for-its-typhoon-fighter-aircraft.html