While I was at the National Archives I stumbled across a 1986 presentation setting out BAe's proposal for their CABER air-launched anti-armour weapon. It seems to have been proposed by BAe as a cheaper alternative to an SR(A) 1238 compliant weapon.
I've never heard of this weapon before, and...
Does anyone have more information on the Matra BAe Dynamics ARAMIS powered (?) glide bomb?
Afaik it was offered for the french AASM program and was fire-and-forget using an imaging-ir seeker and INS/GPS.
1990s
baebae dynamics guided weapons division
british aerospace plc
cold war
federal republic of germany
france
french fifth republic
great britain
matra
post-cold war
sead
west germany
Apart from a 3 view drawing and a small paragraph in Richard Payne's Stuck on the Drawing Board, I've not been able to find much information about this design, however I recently stumbled across a 'brochure' for it. It appears to be for internal use within BAe and is dated 5th September 1989...
Over the years the STOVL ability of the Harrier has led to various proposals for ships for it to operate from.
First was the VT Harrier Carrier concept of the mid-1970s. 8,000 tons, c. 400ft length at WL, 420 ft flight deck with ski-jump.
Electric propulsion powered by 9x5000 hp gas turbine...
bae
british aerospace plc
cold war
fleet air arm
great britain
harrier carrier
hawker siddeley aviation ltd
helicopter carrier
japan maritime self-defense force
post-cold war
royal navy
sea harrier
united states marine corps
united states navy
v/stol
vosper thornycroft
vsel
vstol carriers
vtol
west germany
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