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

[Gabriel92]

@Rakan.SA @Altamimi @al-Hasani @Mosamania @Gasoline @Bubblegum Crisis

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.[/quoted]

 

[Basel]

Why they have inducted it so late??

 

[Bubblegum Crisis]

@Rakan.SA @Altamimi @al-Hasani @Mosamania @Gasoline @Bubblegum Crisis


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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.[/USER]

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[flamer84]

Why they have inducted it so late??

late ? the missile is still being tested and wasn't inducted anywhere yet

 

[Mosamania]

late ? the missile is still being tested and wasn't inducted anywhere yet

Some people hate Saudi Arabia so much their brainwashed so much they assume everything they hear is true, and whatever news comes out must follow their twisted ideology and understanding, no hope for these people.

 

[al-Hasani]

Some people hate Saudi Arabia so much their brainwashed so much they assume everything they hear is true, and whatever news comes out must follow their twisted ideology and understanding, no hope for these people.

This is what jealousy and obsession can do to you. The more people obsess about you the more powerful you are usually. KSA is no exception.

Excellent news @Gabriel92

 

[Bubblegum Crisis]

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Further Meteor firing trials begin for Typhoon



Thursday 4 December 2014

A Typhoon aircraft has successfully completed the first in a series of live firings of the MBDA Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile. This continues the series of trials we lead to demonstrate integration of the Meteor missile with Typhoon's weapon system.

Following contract signature in 2013 for the full integration of Meteor onto Typhoon, the trials continue to demonstrate that the weapon operates effectively with the aircraft.

Led by ourselves with support from MBDA, Selex, Qinetiq and MOD, the trials were conducted in November 2014 at the MOD’s Hebrides firing range in the UK and further developed and tested the integration of the missile with the weapon system as well as expanding the jettison envelope by conducting firings at different altitudes and speeds. The trials also tested the interface of the missile with the weapon system for both pre-launch priming and post launch datalink functions between the missile and radar.

Test pilot Nat Makepeace flew the sortie and said: “The aircraft and the weapon performed exactly as expected. It’s very easy and intuitive to operate, and the trials demonstrated that we can operate in an expanded envelope safely and accurately. This is a significant step forward for the full integration of the Meteor missile onto the Typhoon aircraft.”

Produced by MBDA, Meteor is an active radar guided missile designed to provide a multi-shot capability against long-range manoeuvring targets, such as fast jets, small unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles in a heavy electronic countermeasures environment.

Capable of engaging air targets during day and night, and in all-weather conditions, the Meteor will complement Typhoon’s existing missile systems, providing pilots with a greater choice of weapons during combat.

Further firing trials are scheduled to be carried out as part of the Meteor Integration contract to fully expand the launch envelope and weapon system integration which will culminate in the integration being complete in 2017.

These trials take place in a year that has seen progress across a range of programmes for Typhoon. The UK RAF are now operating the most advanced Typhoon to date with the latest Phase 1 Enhancement package now in operation. This upgrade delivers true simultaneous swing-role capability to Typhoon. Progress is also being made across a number of weapons programmes including the award of a full integration contract for the Storm Shadow weapon and the first multiple release of a Paveway IV bomb.

A £800m contract to develop and fit the Captor E-Scan radar was signed in November which will give Typhoon one of the most advanced radar systems in the world, providing a wider field of regard than any other combat aircraft. Typhoon is already regarded as one of the world’s leading swing-role combat aircraft and continues to be upgraded to provide decades of effective, relevant effect.

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[Rakan.SA]

iv been thinking about the price of these weapons. the smallest weapon is 100 or 200 thousand dollars and it goes up to millions. if they dont find a way to bring down the price of those weapons in the future the cost will be used against us.
for example it cost ISIS almost nothing to fight america. it cost america trillions to fight them back.
so its good that saudi has those weapons but it must also partner up with other countries to build and develop cost effective weapons. that can do the job with less cost. not easy but it could be done. partnering with china and pakistan is the only way i think to develop such weapons.
the west will only sell us.