AIR-TO-SURFACE
AS-30L
The combat
proven AS30L is a supersonic, short range, laser guided, air-to surface missile
for use against ground and sea based hardened targets. Among these targets are
concrete hangars for aircraft, munitions depots, command posts, radar stations,
air defense sites, bridges and ships. In order to destroy such hardened target,
the AS30L features an armor piercing warhead of 240 kg.
The AS30L missile requires the Atlis precision guidance pod to perform target tracking and target illumination. It has been integrated on the Rafale, Mirage 2000, Mirage F1, Super Etendard, Jaguar and F-16 aircraft.
The AS30L missile requires the Atlis precision guidance pod to perform target tracking and target illumination. It has been integrated on the Rafale, Mirage 2000, Mirage F1, Super Etendard, Jaguar and F-16 aircraft.
PGM
The PGM is a
modular family of subsonic high precision weapons designed to destroy high
value ground targets reducing collateral damage as much as possible. The PGM
also allows aircraft to attack targets safely at standoff distances from the
enemy's air defenses. The PGM's targets can be programmed during the flight
before firing the PGM or pre-programmed before the flight. The last option is
suitable for aircraft without data link bus.
The PGM features 3 interchangeable seekers (IR, TV and laser) which enable the use of the PGM in all weather, day and night, and short ranges conditions. PGM's accuracy is 1 meter CEP. The IR and TV guided PGMs can send post-launch images back to an aircraft 100 km away, they can be controlled remotely allowing retargeting and mission abort.
Released from high altitude a PGM can hit targets 60 km away, from low altitude the PGM can hit targets 15 km away. There are two variants of the PGM according to its blast fragmentation warhead weight: the PGM 500 and the PGM 2000. All variants include selectable fuzing options of impact or proximity/airburst detonation.
The PGM features 3 interchangeable seekers (IR, TV and laser) which enable the use of the PGM in all weather, day and night, and short ranges conditions. PGM's accuracy is 1 meter CEP. The IR and TV guided PGMs can send post-launch images back to an aircraft 100 km away, they can be controlled remotely allowing retargeting and mission abort.
Released from high altitude a PGM can hit targets 60 km away, from low altitude the PGM can hit targets 15 km away. There are two variants of the PGM according to its blast fragmentation warhead weight: the PGM 500 and the PGM 2000. All variants include selectable fuzing options of impact or proximity/airburst detonation.
BGL
The BGL
bombs are the French counterpart to the American Paveway laser guided bombs.
The semi-active BGLs home on reflected laser beam energy directed on the
target. The target illumination can be done by the launching aircraft, by a
third aircraft or by ground-based troops operating a laser designator.
The Laser Guided Bombs have reduced the number of weapons requested to destroy a single target while enhancing accuracy, reliability and cost-effectiveness in strike missions. The BGLs were combat-proven over Bosnia in 1994 and afterward in the Kosovo conflict in 1999.
The BGLs can be released at low and medium altitude at 10 km away from their targets providing an accuracy of a few meters.
The Laser Guided Bombs have reduced the number of weapons requested to destroy a single target while enhancing accuracy, reliability and cost-effectiveness in strike missions. The BGLs were combat-proven over Bosnia in 1994 and afterward in the Kosovo conflict in 1999.
The BGLs can be released at low and medium altitude at 10 km away from their targets providing an accuracy of a few meters.
AASM
The AASM (Armament Air-Sol Modulaire/ Air-to-Ground Modular
Weapon) is a low-cost, modification kit for unguided or dumb bombs in order to
convert them into precision guided munitions. AASM weapons will be available in
different versions with the bomb's accuracy ranging from more than one to more
than 10 meters. This weapon will be released from safe standoff ranges of about
15 km released from low altitude to up to 50 km released from high altitude.
The hybrid guidance system is based in a combination of GPS (Global Positioning
System) and solid-state gyro Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) with night/day IR
imaging terminal guidance being provided only for the high accuracy 1-meter
Circular Error Probable (CEP) version.
The AASMs are deemed as the French counterpart to the United States Joint Services JDAM family of fire-and-forget, precision-guided munitions.
The AASMs are deemed as the French counterpart to the United States Joint Services JDAM family of fire-and-forget, precision-guided munitions.