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ADEX 2025 – Taurus advances KASOM development - EDR Magazine

Taurus Systems showcased at ADEX a mock-up of the KASOM, a scaled down version of the original Taurus, providing details on the programme
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A slide showing a comparison between KEPD-350 and KASOM data was shown at the exhibition. The length is reduced by 1,100 mm, the original Taurus being 5,100 mm long versus the 4,000 mm of the KASOM, this being one of the most critical figures when considering the use in a weapons bay. Width is marginally reduced, from 1,080 to 950 mm, while mass reduction is considerable; the new missile has a mass of 907 kg versus the 1,400 kg of the Taurus, an over 35% reduction. Declared ranges are respectively 500+ and 400+ kilometres, while speed remains identical, ranging from 0.6 to 0.95 Mach. The guidance is also heavily based on the previous missile, both having a GNSS, IBN (Image-Based Navigation), TRN (Terrain-Referenced Navigation) navigation suite. That said, technology is advancing and for example IBN will probably be based on colour images, while the current system used black and white pictures. The flight profile will also be similar to that of the KEPD 350, the missile flying at the lowest possible altitude to avoid being detected by radars, a capacity provided by the IBN/TRN navigation system.

Taurus is trying to keep performances as close as possible to the bigger weapon. As seen, the range decrease is 20%, while lethality should also be only marginally reduced. EDR On-Line understood that a tandem shaped-charge warhead is the main option, however should a customer require a lower cost solution, a single shaped charge might also be developed. The warhead will most probably be developed by the Schrobenhausen-based TDW, this MBDA company already providing the Taurus warhead.
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Taurus Neo seems to have more interrest out of europe then just germany.
Wobei nicht nur Deutschland den Marschflugkörper beschaffen wird. Vielmehr soll das Projekt, so das BAAINBw, in ein europäisches Beschaffungskonzept überführt werden: „Als zukünftig gemeinsames Beschaffungsprojekt mehrerer verbündeter Partnerländer wird es unter dem Dach der europäischen Rüstungsagentur OCCAR weiterverfolgt.“

Machine translation:
Not only Germany will procure the cruise missile. Rather, according to the BAAINBw, the project is to be converted into a European procurement concept: "As a future joint procurement project of several allied partner countries, it will be pursued under the umbrella of the European Defence Agency OCCAR."

https://defence-network.com/taurus-neo-vertrag-schlagkraft-eurofighter/

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TAURUS NEO unter Vertrag: Neue Schlagkraft für Eurofighter

Heute ging der neueste und modernste kommende Flugkörper für die Luftwaffe unter Vertrag. Der TAURUS NEO soll in Zukunft vom Eurofighter
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