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A look at select air-to-air missiles

07 Apr 2022

A look at select air-to-air missiles: Modern air combat is extremely dynamic, and the presence/absence of capable AAMs and the skills behind their employment can make a significant difference in deciding the outcome of an air battle.

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Saab Gripen E’s missile edge for the Indian Air Force

02 Apr 2021

Saab Gripen E’s missile edge for the Indian Air Force: The Gripen E offer for the Indian Air Force builds upon the Gripen E family of aircraft. Gripen E is the most modern fighter in the competition and together with its weaponry, including the Meteor Beyond Visual Range missile, Gripen E will give the IAF an edge against its adversaries.

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MBDA's GAME-CHANGING WEAPONRY for the IAF

15 Feb 2021

MBDA's GAME-CHANGING WEAPONRY for the IAF: , the manufacturers of the Rafale’s game-changing weaponry, is showcasing its Make in India commitments during Aero India 2021. Notably MBDA’s stand in Hall B 3.4 features a display wall of missile system components ‘Made in India’ by the company’s large Indian industrial ecosystem.

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The Saab Gripen E for India

06 Oct 2020

The Saab Gripen E for India: The Gripen E has been ordered by the Air Forces of Brazil and Sweden and deliveries have begun to both nations. The Gripen E has been developed to counter – and defeat – the most advanced threats in the modern battlespace.

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MBDA: celebrating IAF Day during a landmark year

06 Oct 2020

MBDA: celebrating IAF Day during a landmark year: The IAF is also getting a major boost with addition of the ASRAAM as its Next Generation Close Combat Missile. With its large rocket motor and clean aerodynamic design, ASRAAM has unrivalled speed and resultant aerodynamic manoeuvrability and range.

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Germany orders more MBDA Meteor missiles

02 Feb 2020

MBDA has received an order to build further Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missiles for the German Air Force.

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South Korea to integrate MBDA’s Meteor missile onto KF-X Fighter

02 Feb 2020

MBDA has been awarded a contract from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) for the integration of the Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile onto the KF-X future Korean fighter aircraft.

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MBDA at DefExpo 2020: “Making in India”

31 Jan 2020

MBDA has two exciting focuses during Defexpo 2020: providing the highest performing missile technologies to India, and secondly delivering on Make in India as part of our longstanding partnership strategy with India.

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MBDA and the Tempest aircraft

11 Oct 2019

Outside of concepts on display, MBDAs contribution to the PYRAMID Open Mission System is exploiting technologies developed in the Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) command and control (C2) domain to enhance the operational effectiveness of Tempest in air-to-air engagements for effectiveness in control of the air.

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The IAF’s diversified AAM inventory

04 Sep 2019

After the Balakot airstrike and dog fight with the Pakistan Air Force in February 2019, the Indian Air Force is in the process of enhancing its operational capability in the short and long term by boosting its woefully outdated missile arsenal.

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MBDA unveils its vision of future air systems

08 Aug 2019

In these ever faster operations, networked effectors will take an essential part in the combat ‘cloud’, exchanging tactical information and target co-ordinates in real-time with platforms and other network nodes, in order to carry out the desired operational effects.

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Rafale’s MBDA spears for Aerial Dominance

27 Feb 2019

Carried under the aircraft fuselage or under the wings, and fired by ejection or by rail, MICA is “permitted” to be ejected from the airframe points up to 4g while wings pylons can release MICA up to 9g.

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MBDA’s “Game Changer” for the Indian Air Force

22 Oct 2018

The Indian Air Force’s inventory also includes the MICA and ASRAAM within visual range (or close air combat) missiles. MICA is arguably the only missile in the world featuring two interoperable seekers (active radar and imaging infrared) to cover the spectrum from close-in dogfight to long beyond visual range.

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MBDA Meteor BVRAAM: Assuring Air Dominance

15 Oct 2018

It is natural that IAF will aspire the Meteor BVRAAM to arm a significant proportion of the fleet additionally including Sukhoi Su-30MKI and Tejas.

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Bullish on India!

06 Sep 2018

European missile manufacturer MBDA is backed by three major aerospace and defence shareholders : BAE Systems (37.5%), Airbus (37.5%) and Finmeccanica (25%).

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The PLAAF vs IAF over Tibet : A Capability Assessment

28 Aug 2018

Compared with the PLAAF, which is likely to have 800 plus 4th/5th generation types in service by 2020, the Indian Air Force has been limited by the ‘Government Authorised Establishment (GAE)’ of 42 squadrons by 2027, against a ‘wish list’ of 60 squadrons for a two-front war.

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RONNEBY’s GRIPENs

22 Aug 2018

Although the aircraft flew only about one kilometre inside Swedish airspace for around 30 seconds, the Swedish Foreign Ministry and Government viewed the incident as the “most serious” Russian violation of Swedish airspace in eight years.

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