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F-35 Flies for the First Time with Meteor BVRAAM
is that the ramjet is throttleable, meaning that the missile can throttle back its engine during cruise and then throttle up at close distance from the target to obtain the highest possible energy ...
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Marine Corps' F-35B tests cutting-edge Meteor missile
The MBDA Meteor uses a small rocket engine in the initial phase to accelerate the missile to the speed necessary to activate ...
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Sweden to top up Meteor missile stocks via accelerated buy
Sweden's Defence Materiel Administration has ordered an additional batch of MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air ...
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F-35 carries first Meteor as UK missile integration work takes off
The long-delayed process of integrating MBDA’s Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile with the Lockheed ... to be ready for operational use. The ramjet-powered Meteor is already carried ...
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F-35 Flies for the First Time with Meteor BVRAAM
European weapons on the F-35 The Meteor BVRAAM ... is that the ramjet is throttleable, meaning that the missile can throttle back its engine during cruise and then throttle up at close distance ...
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Meteor flies on F-35 for first time
With a speed of more than Mach 4 and a range in excess of 100 km, the Meteor is powered by a ramjet, which means it is propelled up to the point of impact, whereas similar-type missiles have a ...