Lockheed Martin AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM)

[Forest Green]

...Can we get a seperate topic for the flares and chaff discussion?

Or just stop altogether, since if no major AFs are doing IIR+RF MRAAMs, then there's a reason.

 

[FighterJock]

Quite Forest Green or create a seperate thread to discuss flares and chaff.

 

[Forest Green]

Possibly relevant:

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/pentagon-running-out-of-u-s-suppliers-of-energetic-materials.18948/post-761732

 

[NMaude]

Possibly relevant:

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/pentagon-running-out-of-u-s-suppliers-of-energetic-materials.18948/post-761732

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That isn't good, the US government should be actively discouraging the mergers of such specialist but important industries.

 

[Scott Kenny]

That isn't good, the US government should be actively discouraging the mergers of such specialist but important industries.

There haven't been enough orders to support multiple companies making energetics.

 

[NMaude]

There haven't been enough orders to support multiple companies making energetics.

That's a very good point however allowing such a concentration of critical and important technical expertise in just one or two companies is not a good idea.

 

[yeetmahboi]

There haven't been enough orders to support multiple companies making energetics.

Plus buying abroad. For example, earlier this year (pre inauguration IIRC) the US struck an $1B deal with Vietnam for energetic material.

 

[Scott Kenny]

That's a very good point however allowing such a concentration of critical and important technical expertise in just one or two companies is not a good idea.

I agree. Too bad the idiots in government don't see it that way.

 

[yeetmahboi]

That's a very good point however allowing such a concentration of critical and important technical expertise in just one or two companies is not a good idea.

Absolutely. Consolidation means that the entities left after are essentially "too big to die". Plus oligarchs who know the gov will kiss their cheeks for the longest time to sustain the industry because Airbus is over there.

 

[Ronny]

Do we know anything about AIM-260 or AIM-120D datalink?. Can the missile transmit back data collected by its radar seeker? Or will it be purely internal data like speed/velocity?

 

[NMaude]

I agree. Too bad the idiots in government don't see it that way.

That's why the Sherman Anti-Trust Act needs to be strictly enforced.