러시아 공대공/공대지 미사일 성능개량 소식...

 

러시아가 기존에 개발한 공대공, 공대지 미사일들에 대한 성능개량을 통해 수출을 추진할 것이라는 AW&ST 의 기사 입니다.

R-77 (RVV-SD) 공대공 미사일, Kh-59M 공대지 미사일, 그리고 S-400/500 지대공 미사일에 대한 성능개량을 추진하겠다는

내용입니다.

 

2009년 8월 모스크바 에어쇼에 등장한 다양한 종류의 러시아産 미사일들의 사진을 링크합니다.  --->  MAKS 2009

 

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Foreign Guidance

Playing catch-up, Moscow pitches improved weapons for export and domestic users

Aviation Week & Space Technology    01/11/2010

Authors: Maxim Pyadushkin and Douglas Barrie

 

Prompted by Western and other competitive air-to-air developments and renewed domestic funding, Russia is now offering upgraded versions of its own weaponry in the export arena.

 

Industry officials say that an improved version of an active radar-guided medium-range air-to-air missile is already complete.

 

An upgrade of the basic R-77 (AA-12 Adder), known as the RVV-SD for export, is now on offer to foreign customers. The missile is almost certainly also part of the baseline weapons fit for the Sukhoi Su-35S development of the Su-27 Flanker.

 

The Russian air force is due to begin introducing the latest version of the Flanker into service in 2011. The aircraft will provide the service with a multirole fighter until its fifth-generation fighter, the PAK-FA, enters service in the second half of this decade.

 

The RVV-SD is most likely a generic designation, the first iteration of which probably corresponds to a Russian project known as both Article 170-1 and the K-77-1. This addresses several limitations in the performance of the basic weapon, the design of which is now at least two decades old.

 

Its maximum launch range is increased by 30 km. (18.6 mi.), to 110 km., a response to the improvement in the performance of the U.S. AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (Amraam), as developments have been brought into service.

 

The acquisition of the upgraded variant of the Adder for the air force was almost certainly part of a far wider contract signed between Tactical Missiles Corp. and the service in mid-2009.

 

The 6-billion ruble ($199-million) deal covered the acquisition of 14 air-launched missile types for the Su-35S. Some weapons for an upgraded variant of the MiG-31 Foxhound 一 the MiG-31BM 一 are also included.

 

Air Force Cdr. Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin said at the time that the contract with Tactical Missile Corp. is part of the overall procurement effort that includes the purchase of more than 20 weapon types as part of the air force’s inventory upgrades.

 

Vympel, a Tactical Missile Corp. subsidiary, has been working on developments of the basic R-77, known as Article 170, since at least the early 1990s. Officials acknowledge that the various projects, however, have been hampered by funding woes, which meant that for a considerable period progress was at a near standstill.

 

The RVV-SD is one of the first visible signs of the Kremlin’s renewed investment in the air-to-air guided-weapons sector.

 

The upgraded R-77 is both heavier and longer than the basic missile. It weighs 190 kg. (418 lb.) rather than 175 kg., and is 3.71 meters (12.17 ft.), rather than 3.6 meters, in length, according to company data.

 

The increased range is at least in part due to improved aerodynamics. A company executive says the radome shape has been refined, while a “boat-tail” configuration has been introduced at the rear to help drag reduction. Adapting the missile to fly lofted trajectories would also increase the maximum launch range. The executive adds that the active radar seeker has been improved. The manufacture of the RVV-SD seeker is believed to still be Istok.

 

A further development of the basic R-77 design, previously associated with the Article 180 designation, is also underway, though manufacturer TRV remains unwilling to discuss the program. It is likely that the missile’s signature lattice fins have been replaced with a conventional design, with further range improvements included. This is possibly based on the introduction of a dual-, rather than a single-pulse, solid-rocket motor.

 

The Su-35S will also carry the domestic version of what is known for export as the RVV-MD. As with the RVV-SD, this has long been in development, in this case to refine the infrared guided R-73 (AA-11 Archer). The weapon has an improved infrared seeker and an increased maximum engagement range.

 

In terms of air-to-surface weaponry, Su-35S inventory will include the Kh-59MK2 variant of the Kh-59M (AS-18 Kazoo). The missile appears to use some form of digital scene-matching for terminal guidance, providing it with a claimed accuracy (circular error probable) of 3-5 meters. The missile has three small electro-optical apertures on the underside of the nose section.

 

Along with refreshing its tactical air-launched arsenal, the Russian Defense Ministry is also reviving efforts in the surface-to-air (SAM) arena.

 

Efforts are underway to increase the production rate of the S-400 (SA-21 Growler) surface-to-air missile system, with manufacturer Almaz-Antey looking at expanding its number of production sites. The first regiment of the S-400 was introduced into service in 2007. Twenty-three units are meant to be equipped with S-400s by 2015.

 

Work is also progressing on the S-500, a new SAM system with an increased maximum detection and engagement range compared with the S-400. The S-500 is also meant to be able to engage up to 10 targets simultaneously, up from the S-400’s six. Test ranges at Kapustin Yar and at Balkhash, Kazakhstan, are being upgraded in preparation for the development of the S-500, according to recent Russian press reports.

 

The S-500 is intended to be able to intercept ballistic missile threats and to counter such cruise missile systems as the U.S. AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile.