SPEAR, a next-generation miniature turbojet-powered cruise missile, has successfully completed testing after being launched from a BAE Systems Typhoon aircraft at the Vidsel test site in Sweden.
Royal Air Force and Royal Navy pilots have been armed with a new advanced cruise missile following the first successful test of the SPEAR guided missile, the British Ministry of Defense said.
SPEAR, a next-generation miniature turbojet-powered cruise missile, has successfully completed testing after being launched from a BAE Systems Typhoon aircraft at the Vidsel test site in Sweden.
This latest test marks the first time the weapon system has been launched from an aircraft, marking a significant step in the program’s development.
Each missile can engage targets up to 100 km away and is designed to engage mobile, moving, hard or complex targets. Once in service, it will be fitted to Britain’s F-35B Lightning stealth fighter and will allow the military to engage targets from the ground and from the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier.
Developed in the UK by MBDA, the new state-of-the-art SPEAR rocket supports several hundred jobs among MBDA’s 5,500 employees in the UK, with design work taking place mainly in Stevenage and Bristol and production in Bolton.
Lightning can carry up to eight SPEAR missiles at once.
SPEAR automatically navigates to a target along a customizable route, using advanced all-weather radar to map the target area and radio frequency imagery to successfully engage it.
We remind you that the arms company BAE Systems will open an artillery plant in Sheffield (UK) as part of supporting Ukrainian forces in the fight against Russian aggression.
Source: korrespondent
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