Meteor makes first guided flight

MBDA has made the first guided flight of the ramjet-powered Meteor air-to-air missile. The firing was carried out at the Vidsel Missile Test Range in Sweden on 6 March. Launched from a Gripen flying at 0.9 Mach and at an altitude of 18,000ft (5500m), the missile acquired a MQM-107B ‘Streaker’ high- subsonic subscale aerial target and tracked it through to intercept. During the flight the missile’s data link successfully demonstrated communication between the missile and the firing aircraft.