I was thinking that the stealth characteristics of F-22 and F-35 would make them ideal in the SEAD role to take out ground-based radars however we know that HARM can’t be carried internally. Why not program AMRAAM with a SEAD mode to go after these threats, particularly mobile ones? It has a long-enough range and a decent warhead. Stealthy planes would have a higher survivability than F-16 Little Weasels.
By: sferrin - 28th July 2006 at 21:38
It appeared the ramjet version of HARM was still being worked on at least up to 2005. It was originally referred to as AARGM but now that is just the front end upgrade to HARM. It has another acronym for the propulsion tests but at the moment it escapes me. I’ll see if I can hunt it down.
By: bring_it_on - 28th July 2006 at 19:48
Looks great . Has it received any funding yet from the partner nations ??? IS the IOC date for the meteor still 2012-2013?? The meteor will rule the roost for quite some time and should push the sale of european 4.5 gen aircraft aswell.
By: SteveO - 28th July 2006 at 19:28
I like the idea of dual role missiles too, here is my MULTI-ROLE METEOR thread http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=29303
It looks like a2g capability has always been a potential application for the Meteor http://www.bayernchemie-protac.com/meteor.htm
By: bring_it_on - 28th July 2006 at 17:37
A versatile missile you describe would make sense a lot of ways. Does this program have a name already?
The new missile is The Joint Dual Role Air Dominance Missile (JDRADM) IT would be a single design suitable for air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. Intended for use on the F/A-22 Raptor, F-35 Joint Strike fighter, legacy fighters, and unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAV), it is expected to offer enhanced propulsion, agility, and lethality, allowing engagements at longer stand-off ranges. The project is still at a very early stage. Studies of potential capabilities and platform integration have already begun, and work is underway on the development analysis process. imaging infrared fuzing is also something being explored.
The scheme relies on aimpoint selection with an adaptive-response warhead producing a unique fragment swath for each engagement, centring the fragment pattern about the target. These techniques could give a uniformly high kill probability across the full target set during all-aspect attacks and in all clutter environments. In November 2000, Raytheon was awarded a US$14 million contract for Phase II of the programme. Known as PIOS II, this was jointly funded by the USAF Research Laboratory and the UK Ministry of Defence. Subcontractors include Alliant Techsystems, BAE Systems Avionics, Royal Ordnance Defence, and Thales Missile Electronics (formerly Thomson-Thorn Missile Electronics).
The 49-month programme covers work on subsystems such as a directional warhead with ‘swath agility’ in azimuthal and polar directions, and a suitable target detection device. It is investigating whether the technology is scalable for use in smaller airframes, and includes an advanced concept technology demonstration (ACTD) that will include a series of live-fire warhead tests. The JDRADM will incorporate a part of this technology and develop other technology and put it into a missile which is roughly the size of the AIm-120D.
It is supposed to IOC around 2015-2017 (3-5 years after the meteor )
By: TinWing - 28th July 2006 at 17:09
They are counting on the SDB and other weaponty to acheive this role as they are starting to get more confidence in their weapon sensors .
The future belongs to cheap, small, low collatoral damage weapons like SDB.
It is also reasonable to expect that every JSF might have a rudimentary emitter locating capability equivilent to the current Tornado ECR or the former F-4G Wild Weasel.
By: mabie - 28th July 2006 at 16:10
A versatile missile you describe would make sense a lot of ways. Does this program have a name already?
By: bring_it_on - 28th July 2006 at 12:48
They are counting on the SDB and other weaponty to acheive this role as they are starting to get more confidence in their weapon sensors . Furthermore the Aim-120 budget is fully funded till the D varient and beyond that the 3 services are seeking another missile which will have a2a (both BVR and WVR) as well as A2g capability (high speed anti-radiation aswell as ground target )
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