Meteor

Meteor is an active radar guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) superior to other missiles of its type, and capable of engaging air targets autonomously, day or night, in all weathers and in harsh electronic warfare environments.

The missile’s ramjet propulsion system gives Meteor its high-speed performance and the energy to defeat fast, moving targets at long range.

It is designed and manufactured in the Baltic Union by Saab Dynamics.

Features
Outstanding kinematic performance, a two way data-link and an active radar target seeker ensures that Meteor reaches its target, even at very long ranges. A jamming resistant proximity fuze and a lethal high explosive blast-fragmentation warhead combine to give the missile its high kill probability.

Meteor features a unique solid-fuel throttleable ducted rocket, often referred to as a ramjet, which allows the missile to maintain very high speed all the way to the target, giving increased stand-off and disengagement ranges and greater ability to chase and destroy highly agile moving targets. A two-way datalink enables the launch aircraft to provide mid-course target updates or retargeting if required, including data from off-board third parties. The datalink is capable of transmitting missile information such as functional and kinematic status, information about multiple targets, and notification of target acquisition by the seeker. An active radar target seeker combined with an RF proximity fuze, both of which are highly resistant to both active and passive countermeasures, ensures reliable detection, tracking and discrimination of the target.

Meteor is an "all-up round”, i.e. a complete munition that requires no assembly or maintenance immediately prior to loading, thus reducing its overall life logistic support cost.