26-1-2005 10:26
Said_PVO
АРМС-ТАСС
22.01.2005 Армия США приступила к разработке новой ракеты для будущей системы ПВО Американская компания "Рейтеон" совместно с армией США разрабатывает сверхзвуковую ракету класса "поверхность-воздух" дальностью действия более 100 км для будущей системы ПВО страны. Как сообщает еженедельник "Джейнс дифенс уикли", армейская боевая ракета увеличенной дальности AERAM проектируется с учетом совместимости с системой ПВО следующего поколения SLAMRAAM (усовершенствованная ракета средней дальности класса "воздух-воздух", запускаемая с поверхности). Оригинал статьи: Joshua Kucera JDW Staff Reporter The US Army and Raytheon are developing a supersonic surface-to-air missile (SAM) with a range of more than 100 km as part of the army's future air defence requirements. The Army Extended Range Attack Missile (AERAM) is being designed to fit into the service's next-generation air defence system, the Surface-Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM), said Walt Cruse, the army's AERAM programme manager. It will use the same launcher as the SLAMRAAM, easing the logistical and training burden, Cruse said. However, while SLAMRAAM is optimised for supersonic threats, AERAM will be better suited for further out, slower moving targets like most cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and helicopters. The missile will use a unique turbofan propulsion with an afterburner and a variable geometry design. "That means when I launch it I can lock the wings all the way out in the fully deployed position, throttle the engine back and I can go about 0.3 Mach, or I can pin the wings back all the way in the delta formation, I can kick the afterburner in and go 1.2 Mach," Cruse said. That can be done during the missile's flight, he said. The missile is also being designed to accept a variety of warheads and seekers. The warheads under consideration are from the AIM-9 Sidewinder and the blast fragmentation and thermobaric versions of the AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles. Seekers under consideration include those from the Stinger Block 1 (SAM), the US Navy Rolling Airframe Missile and the AIM-9L, M and X variants of the Sidewinder air-to-air missile. The office is also looking at one radio-frequency seeker: the Advanced Electronic Scanning Array. The modular design "allows us to take advantage of emerging technologies, seekers that may be out there in the future," Cruse said. "AERAM is kind of like building a truck. We're going to carry payloads, and as long as you don't violate the limits on our payload, we'll carry it for you," he added. The army's goal is to keep the unit price of the missile at about $150,000, Cruse said. The programme is currently in the science and technology phase, but army officials hope to transition it to system design and development by 2009. Until then, Raytheon is under a five-year, $30 million contract to develop the technology. The goal is to build seven missiles and test them before the system design phase, Cruse said. |