(Waffe) AIM-120 AMRAAM

[Turin]

Raytheon began work on the D-model with little fanfare in December 2003. The company will still not discuss the new variant publicly but the air force has provided insights.

Lt Col Tim Morris, the air force's AMRAAM phase 4 programme manager at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, says the missile will feature improved guidance via a "tightly coupled" GPS/inertial measurement unit (IMU) that reduces on-aircraft and in-flight alignment errors.

The new datalink will replace the missile's existing receive-only link and enable the missile to report back after launch its status downrange to the launch aircraft, he said. Among the benefits, this will expand the AMRAAM's capacity for 'high-off-boresight' (HOB) engagements, he noted. HOB engagements are where the missile goes after a threat in its launch aircraft's rear hemisphere.

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Ich würde auch sagen, dass die Amraam dann auch einen Ramjet bekommen würde. Da wohl keine exakten Daten bekannt sind, muss man sich für Vergleiche mit der Meteor noch gedulden...