Rafael Unveils SPIKE ER2 Missile
The new missile features a number of new capabilities, and a combination of greater standoff range of up to 10 km for surface launch, and 16 km when fired from a helicopter. The company is designating the SPIKE ER2 for the German Tiger Program, and will also offer the new missile to the Polish Army
IsraelDefense
| 02/09/2018
Photo courtesy of Rafael
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announces SPIKE ER2, a 5th-Generation Extended Range missile, designed to enable joint 5th-generation tactical overmatch for ground maneuver, rotary dominance, and naval deterrence.
The new missile features a number of new capabilities, and a combination of greater standoff range of up to 10 km for surface launch, and 16 km when fired from a helicopter, NLOS engagement capabilities (launch to grid coordinate), while retaining the SPIKE legacy of relatively lightweight (less than 35kg) and high lethality.
SPIKE ER2 is part of the SPIKE Missile family, which has evolved into one of the most combat-proven missiles, integrated to more than 45 platforms, in use by 30 nations, with over 30,000 missiles already supplied and 5000 missiles fired.
SPIKE ER2 is an upgrade of the 8-km SPIKE ER (Extended Range) missile, which boasts a vast platform portfolio, including the Spanish Army aviation Tiger helicopter, the Colombian Air Force Blackhawk, the Italian AW129 Mangusta, the Romanian Super Puma helicopter, the Super Cobra, and many different types of ground vehicles and naval vessels.
The SPIKE ER2 includes a new RF datalink variant to maximize the missile’s energetic range for enhanced stand-off launch from rotary platforms, enabling its 16-km range. It also contains an advanced seeker with high-resolution IR and day sensors for extended range target acquisition, and a multispectral target tracker, enabling sensory data fusion.
The SPIKE ER2 seeker was designed for the modern battlefield, enabling "hotswap" capabilities of sensory swap between IR to day midflight (ideal for detection of camouflaged targets). In addition, SPIKE ER2 has network connectivity and Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) engagement capabilities, including an embedded IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) for missions of third-party target allocation, allowing the firing of the missile to NLOS grid target coordinates.
The missile’s enhanced lethality consists of a combination of very high precision (regardless of the range) and a very high angle of attack and advanced warheads. Its advanced Tandem HEAT warhead has armor penetration capabilities of all known MBT's and embedded anti-structure capabilities. A Penetration, Blast, and Fragmentation (PBF) warhead (anti-fortification/anti-ship) option is also available.
SPIKE ER2 has built-in, risk-free integration and compatibility to all SPIKE missile family legacy launchers, requiring only a software update for rapid fielding.
Rafael is designating the SPIKE ER2 for the German Tiger Program, leveraging the integration of the SPIKE ER to the Spanish Tiger. The built-in compatibility of the SPIKE ER2 to the existing launcher will essentially enable a plug-and-play solution with no risk of integration, at a low cost.
The SPIKE ER2 will also be offered to Polish Army as both a surface-to-surface vehicle-mounted standoff precision-guided missile (PGM), as well as rotary PGM for the upgraded MI24 and Sokol helicopters.
The new missile features a number of new capabilities, and a combination of greater standoff range of up to 10 km for surface launch, and 16 km when fired from a helicopter. The company is designating the SPIKE ER2 for the German Tiger Program, and will also offer the new missile to the Polish Army
Photo courtesy of Rafael
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announces SPIKE ER2, a 5th-Generation Extended Range missile, designed to enable joint 5th-generation tactical overmatch for ground maneuver, rotary dominance, and naval deterrence.
The new missile features a number of new capabilities, and a combination of greater standoff range of up to 10 km for surface launch, and 16 km when fired from a helicopter, NLOS engagement capabilities (launch to grid coordinate), while retaining the SPIKE legacy of relatively lightweight (less than 35kg) and high lethality.
SPIKE ER2 is part of the SPIKE Missile family, which has evolved into one of the most combat-proven missiles, integrated to more than 45 platforms, in use by 30 nations, with over 30,000 missiles already supplied and 5000 missiles fired.
SPIKE ER2 is an upgrade of the 8-km SPIKE ER (Extended Range) missile, which boasts a vast platform portfolio, including the Spanish Army aviation Tiger helicopter, the Colombian Air Force Blackhawk, the Italian AW129 Mangusta, the Romanian Super Puma helicopter, the Super Cobra, and many different types of ground vehicles and naval vessels.
The SPIKE ER2 includes a new RF datalink variant to maximize the missile’s energetic range for enhanced stand-off launch from rotary platforms, enabling its 16-km range. It also contains an advanced seeker with high-resolution IR and day sensors for extended range target acquisition, and a multispectral target tracker, enabling sensory data fusion.
The SPIKE ER2 seeker was designed for the modern battlefield, enabling "hotswap" capabilities of sensory swap between IR to day midflight (ideal for detection of camouflaged targets). In addition, SPIKE ER2 has network connectivity and Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) engagement capabilities, including an embedded IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) for missions of third-party target allocation, allowing the firing of the missile to NLOS grid target coordinates.
The missile’s enhanced lethality consists of a combination of very high precision (regardless of the range) and a very high angle of attack and advanced warheads. Its advanced Tandem HEAT warhead has armor penetration capabilities of all known MBT's and embedded anti-structure capabilities. A Penetration, Blast, and Fragmentation (PBF) warhead (anti-fortification/anti-ship) option is also available.
SPIKE ER2 has built-in, risk-free integration and compatibility to all SPIKE missile family legacy launchers, requiring only a software update for rapid fielding.
Rafael is designating the SPIKE ER2 for the German Tiger Program, leveraging the integration of the SPIKE ER to the Spanish Tiger. The built-in compatibility of the SPIKE ER2 to the existing launcher will essentially enable a plug-and-play solution with no risk of integration, at a low cost.
The SPIKE ER2 will also be offered to Polish Army as both a surface-to-surface vehicle-mounted standoff precision-guided missile (PGM), as well as rotary PGM for the upgraded MI24 and Sokol helicopters.
