Rafael Develops Ground-Based Air Defense Variant of I-Derby ER Missile Our Bureau 1812
Tests of ground-based Air Defense version of the I-Derby ER air-to-air missile
Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems said today it completed the development of the ground-based Air Defense version of the I-Derby ER (Extended Range) air-to-air missile.
During the test series concluded earlier this week in southern Israel, Rafael performed a ground launch to test the missile’s command and control, navigation, and flight trajectory capabilities.
“This week, we completed a series of tests in the development of the I-Derby missile in its latest version – ER – which allows for Beyond Visual Range (BVR) launches over 100 km. This is a key milestone in the development of a missile with some of the most advanced capabilities, giving it significant interception advantages in air-to-air battles, as well as ground-to-air air defense applications. These achievements provide significant air
Eurofighter Shows Typhoon In “Beast Mode” With 14 Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-To-Air Missiles
Eurofighter Shows Typhoon In “Beast Mode” With 14 Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-To-Air Missiles
The image from Eurofighter World showing the Typhoon armed with 14 Meteor and two IRIS-T air-to-air missiles. (Photo: Eurofighter)
The quite unlikely Typhoon’s “Beast Mode” configuration might hint at a possible “missile/bomb truck” role in support of 5th and 6th gen. fighter aircraft.
Last week the Eurofighter website published the latest edition of its magazine
Eurofighter World. An interesting image can be found in the last page, showing a Typhoon rendering in an astonishing “Beast Mode” with 14 Meteor Beyond Visual Range (BVR) and two IRIS-T (InfraRed Imaging System Tail-Thrust Vector Controlled) short-range air-to-air missiles, along with an external fuel tank on the centerline station.
LCA contract
On the LCA contract, he said, “This contract is the biggest Make in India defence contract till date.” The contract includes 73 LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircraft and 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 trainer aircraft at a cost of ₹45,696 crore along with design and development of infrastructure sanctions worth ₹1,202 crore.
“The deliveries of all 83 aircraft shall be completed in eight years from now. HAL will be delivering the first three aircraft in the 3rd year and 16 aircraft per year for subsequent five years,” a Defence Ministry statement said.
HAL has already set up a second assembly line to ramp up production from eight aircraft a year to 16. HAL officials said a third assembly line could be set up based on requirement.
Updated Feb 04, 2021 | 11:55 IST
The Astra missile is a beyond-visual air-to-air system integrated with Indian Air Force s Su30 MKI. In times to come, other Indian fighter jets will also be integrated with the Astra. Tejas aircraft (HAL)
Bengaluru: In order to boost its arms export to friendly nations, India approved on Thursday the export of indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, artillery guns, explosive, tanks and missiles, anti-tank mines and others. In total, the government approved the export of 156 defence equipment.
These include 19 aeronautical systems, 16 nuclear-biological-chemical equipment, 41 armament and combat systems, 28 naval systems, 27 electronic and communication systems, 10 life protection items, four missile systems, four micro-electronic devices and seven other material.