IAF may acquire AIM-132 ASRAAM for Jaguar and Mirage-2000

[jha]

IAF may acquire AIM-132 ASRAAM for Jaguar and Mirage-2000

Indian Air Force wants to replace Matra R550 Magic-II short-range missile designed in 1968 ,with new generation “heat seeking” British made AIM-132 air-to-air missile
Air-to-air missile
An air-to-air missile is a guided missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft. AAMs are typically powered by one or more rocket motors, usually solid fuelled but sometimes liquid fuelled…

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Request for Information was send last year to five missile manufacturers including the Raytheon Corporation from United States, Israeli Rafael and European missile consortium MBDA.

Indian air force has requirements of over 100 short-range missiles ,which will be replacing Matra R550 Magic-II , which are armed by Jaguar and Mirage-2000 fighter aircraft’s in Indian Air force .

US manufacturers had offered AIM-9X and AMRAAM for close range combat , while Israeli offered Derby-5 missile , while Britain offered AIM-132 ASRAAM .

IAF may acquire AIM-132 ASRAAM for Jaguar and Mirage-2000 idrw.org

 

[jha]

 

[jha]

AIM-132 ASRAAM

The Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) is a state of the art, highly manoeuvrable and combat effective weapon. Many combat aircraft are currently equipped with radar-guided AIM-120 AMRAAM for long range engagements and the AIM-9 Sidewinder for close combat. The two missiles are an ill-matched pair, since nearly four decades separates their origins. construction. While AMRAAM is highly effective at ranges between 5-50 kilometers, its usefulness diminishes rapidly at a shorter ranges.

A rival to the American-built AIM-9X Sidewinder, ASRAAM is equipped with a Raytheon-Hughes infrared seeker which is the baseline for the company's AIM-9X seeker. The company developed an infrared seeker featuring a unique sapphire dome as part of an engineering-manufacturing-development and production effort valued at $215 million. This ASRAAM seeker played a part the company's competitive win of the AIM-9X missile contract that could lead to some $5 billion in business over the next 20 years.

ASRAAM was initiated in the 1980's by Germany and the United Kingdom, but the two countries were unable to agree on the details of the joint-venture. Germany left the ASRAAM project in the early 1990s, and in the spring of 1995 initiated an improved version of the Sidewinder, the IRIS-T (Infra Red Imagery Sidewinder-Tail controlled) built by Bodensee Geraetetechnik GmBH (BGT). This decision was largely motivated by new insights into the performance of the Russian AA- 11 Archer missile carried by the MiG-29s which Germany inherited during reunification. The Luftwaffe concluded that the AA-11's performance had been seriously underestimated -- the AA-11 turned out to be superior to the Sidewinder AIM-9L in all respects: homing head field of view, acquisition range, maneuverability, ease of designation, and target lock-on. The Germans concluded that the ASRAAM demonstrated a serious lack of agility compared to the Russian Archer.

The British Government has spent 636 million pounds (about one billion dollars) since 1992 developing and industrializing ASRAAM. The first ASRAAM was delivered to the RAF [Royal Air Force] in late 1998. It will be used to equip the RAF's Tornado F3 and Harrier GR-7 before the missile becomes the British Eurofighter standard short-range weapon.

In January 1995 British Aerospace Dynamics, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, was awarded a letter contract with a ceiling amount of $10,933,154 for foreign comparative testing [FCT] of the ASRAAM Missile. The purpose of the testing is to gather data to determine if the missile meets AIM-9X operational requirements. Work was performed in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England (50&#37, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida (25%), and China Lake, California (25%), and was completed by June 1996. The tests focused on the risk areas of the ASRAAM: focal plane array effectiveness, seeker signal processing, warhead effectiveness, rocket motor testing, and kinematic/guidance ability to support the lethality requirements of the AIM-9X. After several modifications to the scope of the FCT, the program assessed four ground-to-air sorties, 19 air-to-air captive carry sorties, four programmed missile launches, eight static warhead tests, and four rocket motor case tests. The resulting assessment was that the ASRAAM (as is) could not meet the AIM-9X operational requirements in high off-boresight angle performance, infrared counter-countermeasures robustness, lethality, and interoperability. Subsequently, Hughes and BAe proposed an improved "P3I ASRAAM" using thrust-vectoring to provide increased agility and to carry a heavier warhead.

AIM-132 ASRAAM

 

[psifactor]

A-Darter is sibling of Asraam.

 

[jha]

wise decision..???

 

[sudhir007]

there is servral other shorter range missile

IRIS-T

IRIS-T Infra Red Imaging System – Tail / Thrust Vector Controlled

The 5th generation, air-to-air missile IRIS-T is the latest and most capable replacement for the AIM-9 legacy Sidewinder missile. IRIS-T is a joint development of Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Spain and Sweden, with Diehl BGT Defence as industrial prime contractor also having design authority. IRIS-T provides the pilot with an unmatched full sphere launch capability under all modern countermeasure conditions, including blinding laser. The missile was introduced in service with all IRIS-T consortium air forces at the end of 2005. The first export contract was signed with Austria for their Typhoons in the same year. In 2008 South Africa procured the IRIS-T missile for their JAS 39 Gripen, followed by the Royal Saudi Air Force to equip their Typhoons in May 2009.

IRIS-T with its unique imaging seeker can be launched under any flight condition of the launching aircraft from very short to beyond visual range as well as in Lock-On Before Launch (LOBL) or Lock-On After Launch mode (LOAL).The missile is capable of acquiring and destroying a variety of targets, ranging from low-signature objects such as UCAVs and cruise missiles up to large aircraft. IRIS-T outmaneuvers all targets using the missile's dogfight optimized thrust vector control.

IRIS-T is the only SRAAM worldwide with an anti-missile capability in self-defence.
The software-based, air-to-air and ground-to-air dual-use missile with an outstanding growth potential for future upgrades, was developed to be Sidewinder-compatible (mechanically and electrically). IRIS-T is the standard SRAAM for Eurofighter / Typhoon (5 of 6 Typhoon operators have selected IRIS-T) and JAS 39 Gripen. The missile is also employed on F-16, F-18 and TORNADO. Integration studies on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter are under contract.

IRIS-T, the latest-generation IR missile, truly revolutionizes air combat.

r-73 (RVV-MD)

RVV-MD, a small-range air-to-air guided missile for a close-in dogfight, can engage helicopters and aircraft of different types on a round-the-clock basis, from all aspects, against ground surface, under severe countermeasures. The missile has high maneuverability, (optical) jamming immunity. It is intended for arming fighters, attack aircraft and combat helicopters.
The missile features all-aspect passive IR guidance (two-color IR seeker) with combined aerogasdynamic control, a fixed-thrust solid fuel motor, a laser proximity fuse (for RVV-MDL) or a radar proximity fuse (for RVV-MD). The warhead is of rod type.
Aircraft rail launcher P-72-1D (P-72-1BD2) is responsible for missile suspension, energization during captive flight, combat launch and emergency jettisoning.
The missile may be adapted for foreign-made carriers.

Basic Performance Characteristics
Launch Range:
- max, at the front hemisphere, km – 0.3
- min, at the aft hemisphere, km – up to 40
Targeting angles, degrees - ± 60
Target altitude, km - 0,02 - 20
Targets g-factor, g – up to 12
Launch weight, kg - 106
Warhead weight, kg - 8
Missile dimensions, m
- length – 2. 92
- diameter – 0.17
- wing span – 0.51
- fin span – 0.385
Developer and manufacturer – GosMKB “Vympel” named after I.I. Toropov

 

[Dark Angel]

I dont now abt the Jaguars but the mirage-2000 deal includes these missiles and lot of other upgrades

 

[Ingis]

India should convince France to sell us MBDA Meteor BVRAAM. A Mirage 2000 armed with the Meteor can easily destroy any bird in Asian skies.

 

[Dark Angel]

India should convince France to sell us MBDA Meteor BVRAAM. A Mirage 2000 armed with the Meteor can easily destroy any bird in Asian skies.

Not yet in service, Development to be completed in 2013 ...It is offered to India in form of Rafale

 

[Mr. cool]

Not yet in service, Development to be completed in 2013 ...It is offered to India in form of Rafale

We must go with Python-5, means just look the below video please..


MUST WATCH VIDEO...............

This is totally Cool...................

Just image our LCA is Paired with Astra and Python-5

 

[Dark Angel]

The Indian ministry of defence has confirmed that it has signed a

contract with M/s Rafael, Israel for the supply of the SPYDER

(Surface-to-air Python and Derby) low level quick reaction missile

system (LLQRM) for the Indian Air Force.


So SPYDER means ....

S - Surface-to-air

PY - PYTHON

DER - DERBY

 

[Dark Angel]

This means India already has these missiles

 

[Mr. cool]

This means India already has these missiles

yes but i do not know that, are those missile only for ground role or we are using it in Fighter Planes also?

And If we already using Python-5 and derby missiles they why we required new missiles

Please help me out here guys........

 

[jha]

The Indian ministry of defence has confirmed that it has signed a

contract with M/s Rafael, Israel for the supply of the SPYDER

(Surface-to-air Python and Derby) low level quick reaction missile

system (LLQRM) for the Indian Air Force.


So SPYDER means ....

S - Surface-to-air

PY - PYTHON

DER - DERBY

Bhai mere...SPYDER is not an Air-Air missile..rather it is an anti-aircraft missile system developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (with use of Czech Tatra chassis) and using surface-to-air versions of the Python 5 and Derby missiles.

These are also made by RAFAEL imo..

 

[Dark Angel]

Bhai mere...SPYDER is not an Air-Air missile..rather it is an anti-aircraft missile system developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (with use of Czech Tatra chassis) and using surface-to-air versions of the Python 5 and Derby missiles.

These are also made by RAFAEL imo..

Bro I know what the Spyder system is, I was mearly answering cools queastion weather we have it or not


he taught it can be launched from AC