Raytheon introduced a promising air-to-air missile

Raytheon Corporation has announced the development of a new air-to-air missile, which should be half as large as current models, but at the same time, be more effective in terms of parameters such as speed and maneuverability. This was reported by the portal Defense News.

At the annual conference of the US Air Force Association, Raytheon introduced a new generation of air-to-air missiles. Prospective weapon It was called Peregrine, and has a weight of 50 pounds (about 22 kg), and 6 feet (1,8 meters) in length. The manufacturer claims that the missile is designed to destroy UAVs, manned aircraft and cruise missiles.

Thanks to the use of additive manufacturing and easily accessible modern materials, the number of missiles carried by a modern fighter can be doubled, while significantly reducing the cost of their production.

- said in a statement to the company.

The company does not report whether the rocket has passed the test phase and when Peregrine enters the arms market.

Image of the Peregrine rocket from Raytheon's presentation

"Peregrine" will allow pilots of US and Allied fighters to have more missiles in battle in order to maintain air supremacy. With its advanced sensor systems, navigation equipment and engine packaged in a much smaller glider than current armaments of this class, Peregrine represents a significant leap forward in the development of air-to-air missiles.

says Thomas Bassing, vice president of Raytheon Advanced Missile Systems.

The company claims that Peregrine “Combines the AMRAAM range and autonomy with the AIM-9X agility features” (These are the main US Air Force missiles). According to a Pentagon report from 2018 of the year, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin share in the purchase of ammunition and missiles in the interests of the United States Department of Defense is 97%.

Mark Noyes, senior manager at Raytheon Advanced Missile Systems, said during the presentation that the rocket will have "a multi-mode infrared seeker, a new high-performance engine, a lightweight glider and a high-performance modular control system."

To reduce the cost of production, Peregrine will use ready-made military components. New adaptive technologies, in turn, make it possible to design weapon systems of smaller weight and size with the same or higher strength characteristics. According to Noyes, the new missile can be mounted on an external sling by fighters of all types of the fourth and fifth generations. In addition, it will be placed in the internal weapons compartments of the F-35. However, a Raytheon spokesman declined to say whether the rocket would fit in similar compartments on the F-22.

In addition, Noyes added that Peregrine is intended to complement AMRAAM and Sidewinder and will not replace them, stressing that the AIM-9X will continue to be the best air-to-air missile for close combat.

Comments

[Victor_B]

I wonder if this racket can bring down our BB rocket in the forehead?
And in general, are there such "interceptor missiles" of explosives between them and us?

[Nikolaevich I]

Quote: Victor_B

Do they have such "interceptor missiles" of explosives?

There are no ready-made "proven" anti-missile missiles yet. Although there are statements by the developers of the newest RVVs about the possibility of their products to "fight" the enemy's SAMs and RVVs, this is more and more "wishes" than reality! enemy ... The reason is that the anti-missile must have overload capabilities at least (!) 2 times greater than the target ... and, preferably, even more! If the RVV R-73 has an overload characteristic of 40g, then the interceptor should have a characteristic, somewhere, in 100g ..., but it is not easy to "create" this! True, the Americans claim that they already have an "almost finished" SACM-T interceptor missile ... in 2 years 3 can announce the start of mass production! As for Russia, there are proposals to develop on the basis of the latest RVV missiles (which have not yet been adopted for service ...) and variants of "anti-missile", but the Ministry of Defense is "silent"!

[My address]

Indiscreet question: what does "additive" mean?
What kind of ape is like DAM?
What, already the requirements of the Law of the Russian Federation on the protection of the Russian language ceased to apply? This law prohibits the use of foreign language in official publications and communications, with existing analogues in Russian.

[abc_alex]

Quote: My address

what does additive mean?

I understand that this is 3D printing. This is not monkeying, this is a word that came into the language, along with the phenomenon. And it is not unique to this case. There is, for example, an additive color synthesis system. Comes from "add", which means "to add". This is a technology in which consumables are added to the workpiece, rather than cut from it.

[voyaka uh]

This is a task that is still being worked on. There are no such missiles so far.
These missiles are going to be mounted on bombers for
enemy defense against long-range missiles

[GibSoN]

I wonder if this racket can bring down our BB rocket in the forehead?
And in general, are there such "interceptor missiles" of explosives between them and us?

Purely technically, I don’t see any problems whatsoever, let’s say a light rocket BB, for example, to shoot down a missile of the S-300, S-400 type, launched on purpose .. For there the rocket itself flies along a predetermined path (and so it’s clear who she was led and by whom she flies), and her size is almost like that of a winged one ... I think that just a lot of people don’t tell .. a lot of things ... And so, there is chewing of information, 20 years ago .. because there’s no secret she does not represent. IMHO.

[Wasilii]

Each missile, whether RVV or anti-aircraft, has a calculated target speed, in this case, on a collision course. And the difference in the speed of flight of an anti-aircraft missile as a target for an airborne missile and an aviation target is very significant. The SP can fly at a speed of up to 10 max. At long range, of course, there will be less. But still difficult, on the opposite courses the approach speed can be under 15 max. At such oncoming speeds, tactical BR combat units are shot down, if possible.

[aszzz888]

Mark Noyes, senior manager at Raytheon Advanced Missile Systems, said during the presentation that the rocket will have a “multi-mode infrared seeker, a new highly efficient engine, lightweight glider and high performance modular control system. "

.... and "high" awesome price

[Nycomed]

Can it be used from helicopters?

[Rwmos]

And here is the result of the fact that ministers shoved an employee of the corporation Reiteon But there is no corruption, sa-avsem no

[lucul]

Raytheon Corporation has announced the development of a new air-to-air missile, which should be half as large as current models, but at the same time, be more effective in such parameters as speed and maneuverability

There are no miracles - for this you need a new engine, two times more economical than the old.
And if it’s not there, then it’s all written with a pitchfork on water - a regular brochure .....

[Zaurbek]

And sensors and brains and drive and fuel ..... everything is simple

[voyaka uh]

Not necessary. If the rocket itself is much lighter in weight,
then with the previous engine it will fly faster.

[Ingenegr]

The "old engine" itself weighs one and a half times more than the announced rocket.

[telobezumnoe]

maybe even energy-efficient fuel, plus the mass of control systems is reduced, additive (rather than adaptive) technologies can reduce the number of nodes and the manufacturing process

[Anchonsha]

Carbon fiber and other composite compounds alone will force them to do just such warheads

[Operator]

A metal rod sufficient for the kinetic defeat of a tactical aircraft has a definite mass - of the order of 10 kg. It is around her that you can arrange dances with tambourines - to reduce weight:
- airframe due to higher strength materials;
- drives of aerodynamic planes due to more advanced electromechanics and a battery;
- WIGOS electronic equipment due to miniaturization;
- a rocket engine due to the more energy composition of the fuel (for example, with ammonium dinitramide).

You look and the RVV MD rocket will drop its weight from 80 kg to a certain value without losing range (about 22 kg - these are Raytheon's tales).

[voyaka uh]

In modern missiles, the weight of the warhead is approximately 50% of the total weight of the rocket. 10 kg - rod, 22 kg - total weight. Just 50%

[Operator]

The Israeli RVV MD Pyton-5 missile / warhead weight is 103 / 11 kg, the American AIM-9H Sidewinder has 85 / 9,7 kg.

Just ~ 12%

[Kasym]

Alexei, maybe you mean AB (aerial bomb)?

[voyaka uh]

I confused the explosives with something else.
Searched for missiles: the BR LORA with a weight of 1600 kg warhead 570 kg (1/3).
The Tamir Iron Dome missile weighs 90 kg and has a warhead of 20 kg (1/4).
They do not, of course, reach 1/2. My mistake.

[Ingenegr]

In V-V rockets, the mass per hour is usually 0,1 ... 0,2 of the launch mass of the rocket.
With a b / h weight of 50% of the launch, it would be possible to launch such a missile along the CC only towards extremely short distances.

[abc_alex]

Quote: Operator

A metal rod sufficient for the kinetic defeat of a tactical aircraft has a definite mass - about 10 kg.

Why 10 kg of iron? 5 kg of RDX will smash any aircraft to shreds. Well, or cause damage that is not compatible with the flight ...

[Kerensky]

The meaning of these dances? A modern rocket DESTROYS an airplane. That is, no mechanic will darn him. Yes, there will be more missiles, but will there be so many goals? These are not machine gun cartridges, but piece goods.