Armiger first flight. (Digest).An Armiger test vehicle recently completed its maiden flight Noun 1. maiden flight - the first flight of its kind; "the Stealth bomber made its maiden flight in 1989" flying, flight - an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" at Germany's Bundeswehr Meldorfer Bucht firing range. The test vehicle, containing a solid rocket booster Solid rocket boosters (SRB) (or motors, SRM) are used to provide the main thrust in spacecraft launches from the launchpad up to burnout of the SRBs. Many launch vehicles include SRBs, including the Ariane 5, Atlas V, and the NASA Space Shuttle. and not the final ram rocket motor, was rail-launched from a ground-based launcher, flew a ballistic trajectory Noun 1. ballistic trajectory - the trajectory of an object in free flight ballistics trajectory, flight - the path followed by an object moving through space and impacted about nine kilometres down-range. Main objectives of this test were to assess safe separation from the launcher, booster performance, as well as the validation of the aerodynamics aerodynamics, study of gases in motion. As the principal application of aerodynamics is the design of aircraft, air is the gas with which the science is most concerned. and strength of the infrared window and missile structure. The Armiger is a new technology anti-radiation missile with intelligent guidance and extended range being developed by Bodenseewerk Geratetechnik. It has a dual-mode RF/IIR seeker providing maximum protection against countermeasures and pinpoint hit accuracy against enemy radars and non-radiating targets. The Armiger includes a neural-network, self-learning guidance computer and autopilot and GPS/INS GPS/INS Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System midcourse guidance. It has a Mach 3 ramrocket motor for increased range and reduced time to target. |
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