Meteor
«MBDA Meteor»
Air-to-air (AAM)BVRAAM — beyond visual rangeUnited Kingdom / Europe2016In service
European ramjet BVRAAM, with the largest no-escape zone in its class.
Air-to-air (AAM)//BVRAAM — beyond visual range
ID — METEOR-BVRAAMUnited Kingdom / Europe · MBDA
Meteor
MBDA Meteor
European ramjet BVRAAM, with the largest no-escape zone in its class.
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Data trust
- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- Meteor
- Alias
- MBDA Meteor
- Manufacturer
- MBDA
- Country
- United Kingdom / Europe
- Year
- 2016
- Category
- Air-to-air (AAM)
- All sub-types
- BVRAAM — beyond visual range
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 200 km
- Top speed
- Mach 4+
- Guidance
- INS + datalink bidirezionale + radar attivo terminale (AD4A)
- Warhead
- HE-frag dirompente 25 kg
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- Eurofighter Typhoon / Rafale / Gripen / F-35
- Length
- 3.65 m
- Launch weight
- 190 kg
Main operators
United KingdomFranceGermanyItalySpagnaSwedenArabia SauditaJapanIndiaSouth Korea
History
European 6-nation program led by MBDA, launched in 2002 to replace AIM-120 and Sky Flash on the Eurofighter. The throttleable ramjet (Bayern-Chemie/Roxel) sustains thrust throughout the trajectory instead of burning out in seconds like solid rockets.
Operational since 2016 on the Swedish Gripen E, then integrated on Typhoon, Rafale and — from 2024 — on the British F-35B, where the two-way datalink supports post-launch target updates.
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