Iris-T meets last req. (Digest).The validation See validate. validation - The stage in the software life-cycle at the end of the development process where software is evaluated to ensure that it complies with the requirements. test firing campaign of the short-range air-to-air missile Noun 1. air-to-air missile - a missile designed to be launched from one airplane at another missile - a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control , the Iris-T, was successfully completed in June of this year, opening the doors to series preparation and pilot lot production. The five-nation Iris-T programme is on time to meet its completion time frame of the end of 2002, which should lead to series production in 2004. The joint government/industry validation tests included two programmed firings and five seeker guided firings against Meteor Mirach 100/5 target drones. The Bodenseewerk Geratetechnik (BGT BGT Busch Gardens Tampa BGT Britain's Got Talent (TV show) BGT Branch If Greater Than BGT Bodenseewerk Geraetetechnik GmbH (German defense company) BGT Be Glad To BGT Backpack Gear Test )-developed Iris-T missiles were fired from an F-4F test aircraft from various aspect angles at targets up to ten kilometres distant. The highly agile Iris-T is the only newly developed infrared-guided missile with an imaging seeker, a dogfight optimised motor and combined aerodynamic and thrust vector control Vector control is any method to limit or eradicate the vectors of vector born diseases, for which the pathogen (e.g. virusor parasite) is transmitted by a vector which can be mammals, birds or arthropods, especially insects, and more specifically mosquitoes. . (BGT) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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