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 by Sommer Brokaw Washington DC (UPI) Aug 10, 2021
The 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron has test fired its first Infrared Search-and-Track system-cued AIM-120 missile from an F-15C eagle, the U.S. Air Force announced on Tuesday. The Air Force F-15C jet fight aircraft was equipped with Lockhead Martin's Legion Pod IRST Block 1.5 system, which allowed it to fire an AIM-120 Advanced-Medium-Range-Air-to-Air Missile to successfully abd hit a QF-16 aerial target on Thursday. The successful test was announced Tuesday in a press release from the 53rd Wing of the U.S. Air Force based at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The IRST passive target tracking capability was used with the APG-63v3 RADAR to datalink the target location to the AIM-120, Major Brian Davis, 85th TES Chief of Air-to-Air Weapons and Tactics explained in the 53rd Wing statement. Sensors also allowed the F-15C to collaborate with the AIM-120 missile to successfully intercept a target and close kill chains, officials said. "This successful live missile test is significant because an F-15 equipped with an IRST-cued AIM-120 allows us to achieve detection, tracking, weapons employment, and verification of an intercept without being dependent upon RADAR energy," Davis said. "It's also not susceptible to radio frequency jamming or a target's low observable design," Davis said. A Legion Pod Block 1.5 IRST fielding evaluation coincided with the test fire. "This proves the capabilities of the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Air Force to lethally target an aircraft outside of the traditional radar electromagnetic spectrum," said Lt. Col. Jacob Lindaman in the release. "Pairing that with the ability to also adopt the Legion Pod on any platform sets a precedent for what's to come," Lindaman said.
USAF optimistic about hypersonic missile despite failed test Washington DC (UPI) Aug 5, 2021 Despite last week's failed hypersonic missile test, the U.S. Air Force remains hopeful that it will begin production of the new weapon by the end of fiscal year 2022, officials said. The USAF is still investigating what went wrong during the test of the rocket propelling the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon. The rocket was successfully released but failed to ignite. The USAF needs to successfully complete flight testing of the ARRW booster before the service inks a contract wi ... read more
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