SPEAR 3
[9] By 2006, this had culminated in Team Complex Weapons, a relationship primarily between MBDA and the Ministry of Defence (MoD), and supported by partners such as Thales, Roxel, and QinetiQ.By 2015, this had evolved to become a low-collateral weapon with high accuracy at all times and in all weather conditions whilst in theatres with restrictive rules of engagement and that had sufficient range to 'stand-off' outside the effective envelope of the latest integrated air defence systems.[3][12] In the 2010s, Raytheon offered the Small Diameter Bomb-II (SDB-II) unpowered glide bomb including the possibility of licensed production at its UK facilities.[2][3] In 2012, it was announced that Pratt & Whitney AeroPower had been contracted to provide propulsion technical assistance for MBDA's SPEAR 3 proposal, as well as the supply of a derivation of its TJ-150 turbojet for the weapon.[13] In March 2016, a SPEAR test missile was successfully launched from a Eurofighter Typhoon trials aircraft operated by BAE Systems at the QinetiQ Aberporth range in Wales.The missile transitioned through separation from the aircraft to powered flight before completing a series of manoeuvres, ending in a terminal dive to the desired point of impact.[15] In September 2019, MBDA was awarded a technical demonstrator program contract by the Defence Equipment and Support agency for an electronic warfare variant of SPEAR for the RAF, incorporating Digital Radio Frequency Memory (DRFM) technology from Leonardo.[3] The weapon is propelled by a Hamilton Sundstrand TJ-150 turbojet (the same engine as used in the JSOW-ER and MALD) which when combined with a folding wing kit and three deployable tail-fins, provides an engagement range reportedly in excess of 140 kilometres (87 mi).[35][36] SPEAR-EW maintains the same dimensions as SPEAR, but with an enlarged fuel capacity and the removal of the warhead and seeker to accommodate an electronic warfare payload derived from Leonardo UK's BriteCloud countermeasure.
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