AARGM makes a successful first flight
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The first flights of the Advanced Anti-radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) have been completed in late Mar 2000. The AARGM was launched from an F/A- 18 fighter aircraft and successfully met all test objectives. The AARGM is equipped with an inertial navigation/Global Positioning System guidance package and an anti-radiation homing and active millimeter-wave radar terminal guidance to allow it to destroy emitters instead of just disabling them.
Publication Name: International Defense Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 2000
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US focuses Global Eye on airborne early warning and ground surveillance
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Technologies that support the Adjunct Airborne Early Warning pprogram, or Global Eye, are being funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The technologies would employ unmanned aerial vehicles or platforms derived from business jets and would carry multi-function radar operating in the air-to-air and air-to-surface roles. One of the key technologies is the use of filters based on microelectromechanical systems.
Publication Name: International Defense Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 2000
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JHMCS/AIM-9X combo enhances air combat
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The Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) and the AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missile are both expected to bring major advances in air combat. The JHMCS has earned more than 200 hours of flight time with the F-18 and more than 100 hours with the F-15. Its hardware consist of a display unit mounted on a standard HGU-55 helmet while a magnetic tracking system measures the pilot's sightline to an accuracy of one degree.
Publication Name: International Defense Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-6512
Year: 2000
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