FMRAAM
| FMRAAM | |
|---|---|
| Type | Medium-range, active radar homing air-to-air missile |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Hughes/Raytheon |
| Specifications | |
| Warhead | High explosive blast-fragmentation |
| Engine | Aérospatiale liquid fuelled RASCAL (RAmjet for Small CALibre) system |
Guidance system | inertial guidance, two way data link, active radar homing |
Launch platform | Aircraft:
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The FMRAAM (Future Medium Range Air to Air Missile), was a modified ramjet powered version of the Hughes (now Raytheon) AIM-120 AMRAAM Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile that was conceived during the mid-1990s to fulfill British requirements for a new longer range missile to use in place of the AMRAAM on their new Eurofighter Typhoon fighter.[1] It competed with and lost to the Meteor (missile), thus never reaching production.[2]
References
- ^ "Hughes pitches missile at FMRAAM project, Europe". Jane's Defense Weekly. Jane's Information Group. September 11, 1996. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
- ^ http://typhoon.starstreak.net/common/AA/bvraam.html