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 Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 10:10 AM
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Raytheon to upgrade AIM-9X air-to-air missile to extend its range and replace obsolescent parts August 24, 2012 by John Keller
http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articl ... rades.html
"PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 24 Aug. 2012. Engineers at the Raytheon Co. Missile Systems segment in Tucson, Ariz., are making plans to upgrade the U.S. military's AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missile to extend the weapon's range and address existing obsolescence issues.
The AIM-9X is a relatively short-range infrared heat-seeking missile that equips most jet fighters, fighter-bombers, and other offensive combat aircraft in the U.S. arsenal, and is used to shoot down enemy aircraft close by. The AIM-9X works by homing in on an enemy aircraft's hot engine exhaust. Variants of the AIM-9 Sidewinder have been deployed since the 1950s.
Officials of the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., announced plans this month to award a sole-source contract to Raytheon to perform missile upgrades on the AIM-9X not only to extend the missile's range and deal with obsolescent components, but also to address insensitive munitions requirements....
...The AIM-9X is among the latest versions of the AIM-9 missile family. It entered service in 2003 on the Navy F/A-18C Hornet fighter-bomber and on the U.S. Air Force F-15C jet fighter. It has an imaging infrared focal plane array seeker with 90-degree off-boresight capability for accuracy.
The missile is compatible helmet-mounted displays such as the U.S. Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System, and features 3-D thrust-vectoring control for increased turn capability. The AIM-9X also includes an internal cooling system.
The latest version of the AIM-9X is called the AIM-9X Block II, which is undergoing testing this year. This newest version has lock-on after launch capability for use with the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter and the F-22 Raptor advanced tactical fighter."
http://www.militaryaerospace.com/conten ... 202012.jpg
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Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 12:41 PM
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| Does the -9X still employ rollerons? Wouldn't these be counter to the TVC capability of the missile? |
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Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 12:43 PM
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aceshigh
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Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 02:13 PM
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| Does it make any tactical sense to put the Aim 9x missile in the weapons bay if you have to sacrifice room for a Aim 120, or does it fit in addition to the two pr. side bay? (current air to air configuration as I understand it) Otherwise, are there any news on the missile capacity front in the F-35? |
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Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 02:29 PM
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aceshigh wrote:
Does it make any tactical sense to put the Aim 9x missile in the weapons bay if you have to sacrifice room for a Aim 120, or does it fit in addition to the two pr. side bay? (current air to air configuration as I understand it) Otherwise, are there any news on the missile capacity front in the F-35?
I think it is pretty well established that the F-35 can/will carry 6 AMRAAM's internally at some point in the fairly near future if someone really wants that capability. |
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spazsinbad
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Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 03:28 PM
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How Sidewinder Missiles Work by Tom Harris
http://science.howstuffworks.com/sidewinder9.htm
AIM-9X Modifications
"A new thrust vectoring system gives the missile greater agility, allowing it to make sharp turns in mid-air. The basic idea is very simple: In addition to operating the flight fins, the guidance control system controls small vanes at the rear of the missile to divert the stream of hot gas from the rocket motor. By shifting the direction of the rocket's hot gas, the vanes use the thrust force to turn the missile. For example, when the vanes direct the gas to the right, the thrust pushes the back of the missile to the left, and the front of the missile turns to the right. This allows the missile to make very quick course adjustments to follow a fast target...." |
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Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 04:33 PM
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| Do they have the ability to boost-coast-boost, so that they are under power when hitting a long range target? |
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Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 04:34 PM
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popcorn wrote:
Does the -9X still employ rollerons? Wouldn't these be counter to the TVC capability of the missile?
No they do not.
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Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 12:41 AM
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SpudmanWP wrote:
popcorn wrote:
Does the -9X still employ rollerons? Wouldn't these be counter to the TVC capability of the missile?
No they do not.
Nice pic of those movable vanes.. |
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Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 01:57 AM
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| In addition to LOAL, the Block II has significantly more range, and countermeasure resistance. |
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Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 02:06 AM
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I see they're putting the pilot's nickname on the missiles now too.  |
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spazsinbad
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Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 03:43 AM
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Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 07:14 PM
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outlaw162 wrote:
I see they're putting the pilot's nickname on the missiles now too.
Not nice! Ha Ha!  |
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Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 07:17 PM
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Lmao!! Good one Outlaw  |
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neptune
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Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 08:05 PM
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spazsinbad wrote:
NO LIFT?
Not a wing ,,,,, "don't pick it up here, Hercules! |
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