03.05.2015, 16:02
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MBDA engineers believe the CAMM modularity model also can be applied to Spear 3. Wester says that with minor changes to the weapon's software and the addition of a booster rocket, Spear 3 could be turned into a Common Anti-Surface Modular Missile (CAsMM) that could provide ships with a precision land-attack and anti-small-ship capability. With a booster, a surface-launched Spear 3 could hit a target at least 70 km away, he notes.
MBDA is working with Lockheed Martin on a project to enable MBDA-built weapons to be fired from Lockheed's Mk. 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS). A trial conducted in the U.K. in September proved that the CAMM could be soft-ejected from the Mk. 41 VLS and quad-packed into the launcher. CAsMM's similar dimensions mean that four of them could be fitted into each launcher.
MBDA has high hopes for the export potential of its Spear program weapons, and it aims to widen the scope of platforms to which they may be fitted. A Typhoon could carry up to 16 of the weapons externally. Several unnamed countries have an observer status on the program.
Das wäre doch auch was für ein 16er vls auf der mks180!!
Man könnte 8 Zellen für ESSM ...also 32 FK
Und 8 Zellen für CAsMM... Also für eine VL Variante von Spear3 mit 70km Reichweite...also auch 32 FK nutzen!
MBDA engineers believe the CAMM modularity model also can be applied to Spear 3. Wester says that with minor changes to the weapon's software and the addition of a booster rocket, Spear 3 could be turned into a Common Anti-Surface Modular Missile (CAsMM) that could provide ships with a precision land-attack and anti-small-ship capability. With a booster, a surface-launched Spear 3 could hit a target at least 70 km away, he notes.
MBDA is working with Lockheed Martin on a project to enable MBDA-built weapons to be fired from Lockheed's Mk. 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS). A trial conducted in the U.K. in September proved that the CAMM could be soft-ejected from the Mk. 41 VLS and quad-packed into the launcher. CAsMM's similar dimensions mean that four of them could be fitted into each launcher.
MBDA has high hopes for the export potential of its Spear program weapons, and it aims to widen the scope of platforms to which they may be fitted. A Typhoon could carry up to 16 of the weapons externally. Several unnamed countries have an observer status on the program.
Das wäre doch auch was für ein 16er vls auf der mks180!!
Man könnte 8 Zellen für ESSM ...also 32 FK
Und 8 Zellen für CAsMM... Also für eine VL Variante von Spear3 mit 70km Reichweite...also auch 32 FK nutzen!