MBDA Aladin

[timmymagic]

New missile seen at the Dubai Airshow.

MBDA Aladin, a 'Counter UAV Air to Air missile'.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724666703383011765

View: https://twitter.com/RAeSTimR/status/1724666703383011765


Doesn't appear to be a development of the Hard Kill mini missile concepts previously seen...doesn't use the 'Asraam shape' either that was seen on a number of concepts. Wonder which division of MBDA has thought this one up...Aladin isn't the UK spelling...(usually Aladdin).

https://imgur.com/wR1X6Mm

View: https://imgur.com/wR1X6Mm

https://imgur.com/fumTI1w

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https://imgur.com/e0bhbtz

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[thefrecklepuny]

Those WVR missiles when carried in tandem cannot be rail launched then.

 

[Scott Kenny]

https://imgur.com/wR1X6Mm

View: https://imgur.com/wR1X6Mm

That picture seems to have the subsonic and supersonic labels reversed...

 

[timmymagic]

Those WVR missiles when carried in tandem cannot be rail launched then.

Internal carriage was mentioned when they were shown a few years ago, so they would need to be drop launched, probably with an ejector.

That picture seems to have the subsonic and supersonic labels reversed...

It is, it was an early slide that was released, rapidly changed but had a larger view of the Hard Kill missile proposal.

 

[Scott Kenny]

Internal carriage was mentioned when they were shown a few years ago, so they would need to be drop launched, probably with an ejector.

Gonna be interesting with all these "Halfraam" missiles showing up with performance close to that of an AMRAAM/Meteor. I see the F-22 packing 4x Halfraams, 4x AIM-260s, and 2x Sidewinders in the future. F-35 packing 2x Halfraams, 1x AARGM, and 2x BLU-109s for strike; or 4x Halfraams and 4x-6x AIM-260s for pure Air to Air.

GCAP, FCAS, and NGAD would be packing at least that much. I'm expecting somewhere around 10klbs of internal storage capacity for NGAD. F-22 only holds about 3500lbs internally, F-35A/C about 5000lbs internally, and F-35B only about 3000lbs internally.

It is, it was an early slide that was released, rapidly changed but had a larger view of the Hard Kill missile proposal.

Gotcha!

I'm struggling to read the published specs for that HKDAS. ~50kg and less than 1m long? Am I reading that right? That puts the mini missiles at roughly Hellfire/Brimstone weight class, but visually they're a lot thinner than Hellfire. Look more like ~70mm diameter or so, maybe less.