F-35 fighter will receive new missiles by the end of the decade: what is known about MetEor and Spear 3

The fighter of American production should provide royal air forces with new opportunities through integration of Metheor and Spear 3 and Block Updates 4. Advanced technologies will further reveal the capabilities Force) are currently improved medium-distance missiles, Amraam, improved low-air-air rockets and Paveway IV high-precision bombs. 35 ", - the Defense Ministry reported in response to a written request of James Cartard.

It is noted that the integration of two new ammunition is already going on for some time. Lockheed Martin received funding for work in 2019. Additional funding was attracted in 2021 for MBDA and Bae Systems missile manufacturers. In total, the work was estimated at $ 400 million for F-35A and F-35b. The peculiarity of the Meteor rocket is that the ammunition during the flight can be inhibited so that at the final stage of the flight do not lose the necessary energy.

The range of ammunition is kept secret, but it depends on the carrier of the rocket, its radar, height and speed of flight. SPEAR 3 is the further development of Brimstone rocket with a turbojet engine and sliding wings. The ammunition has a three -regions of self -introduction: radar, infrared and laser guidance. There is also a GPS and INS system for the rocket to reach the coordinates on its own.

Along with the large-scale update of the F-35 Block 4 fighter software, new rockets will be able to fully disclose their potential. The United Kingdom plans to update their planes. In addition to the radar of the change, the guidance system, the distributed aperture system, the process, the memory block, the panoramic sights and the avionic. We will remind, on January 16 the media wrote that the F-35 fighter will receive a new AGM-88G rocket.