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MBDA Meteor (missile)
MBDA · Air-to-Air · Europe · Digital Age (2010–present)
The Meteor is a European active radar guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) developed and manufactured by MBDA. It offers a multi-shot capability, and has the ability to engage highly maneuverable targets such as jet aircraft, and small targets such as UAVs and cruise missiles in a heavy electronic countermeasures (ECM) environment with a range in excess of 200 kilometres (110 nmi).
Specifications
- Category
- Missiles
- Sub-Category
- AAM
- Domain
- Defence
- Era
- Digital Age (2010–present)
- Country
- Europe
- Manufacturer
- MBDA
- Operator
- UK/France/Germany/Spain/Italy/Sweden
- Primary Role
- Air-to-Air
- Status
- In Service
- Service Entry
- 2016
- Produced
- 2000
- Unit Cost (2026$)
- $2.5M
- Propulsion
- Rocket
- Engine
- MBDA throttleable ducted rocket
- Thrust / Power
- None (ramjet)
- Launch
- Air-launched
- Length (ft)
- 12
- Wingspan (ft)
- 2.1
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 200
- MTOW (lb)
- 418
- Payload (lb)
- 66
- Endurance (hr)
- 0.02
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 65000
- Range (mi)
- 62
- Max Speed (mph)
- 3068
- Max Speed (Mach)
- 4
- Armament
- Blast-fragmentation