A-DARTER

Fifth-generation Air-to-air Missile System

A-Darter is a state-of-the-art, competitive, fifth-generation IIR air-to-air missile system. It is

designed to meet the challenges of future air combat against next-generation fighters in a
hostile ECM environment.

PROUD INNOVATORS OF COMPETITIVE MISSILE,

UAVS AND INTEGRATED AIR DEFENCE SOLUTIONS
AIR-TO-AIR ANTI-ARMOUR AIR DEFENCE SOW UAVS DISS

2
 GUIDED MISSILES
Seeker
Electronics Tail Control
and IMU Autopilot Fins

IIR Seeker Fuse Power Warhead Motor Servo TVC

Pack and SAD Unit

WHY A-DARTER IS PRINCIPLE OF

IDEAL FOR YOUR OPERATION
REQUIREMENT The A-Darter may be designated to
a target by using the aircraft’s
! A-Darter is a leading wingtip radar, a helmet sight or the missile’s
fifth-generation Imaging very effective autonomous scan
Infrared (IIR) SRAAM that will feature if radar silence is required.
enhance your platform’s lethality The seeker’s large look-angles and
! Denel Dynamics can be the airframe’s agility enable high
contracted for prime missile off-boresight helmet-designated
integration responsibility on your firings. Long-range intercepts
platforms, as a cost-effective beyond IR detection range are also
solution possible with the lock-on after
! Designed by Denel Dynamics launch capability of the A-Darter.
(co-funded by Brazil), utilizing its
50 years of air-to-air missile AIRCRAFT
experience
INTEGRATION
The A-Darter missile can be
SYSTEM FEATURES integrated on the latest and older
generation aircraft platforms. It has
! High agility (thrust vector already been integrated on the
controlled) to handle the closest JAS-39 Gripen. Integration on the
of close combats Hawk Mk 120 is under way. The
! A two-colour thermal imaging wingless missile design promotes a
seeker with high sensitivity and a low-risk integration process.
multi-mode ECCM suite
! Advanced digital processing
capability ensures improved
performance in terms of image TECHNICAL DATA
detection, false target rejection, ! Length : 2 980 mm
ECCM, guidance and control ! Diameter : 166 mm
! Lock-on after launch and ! Mass : 93 kg
memory tracking capabilities
! A lightweight design compatible
with traditional Sidewinder
stations

Target
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