Surveilling Miniature Attack Cruise Missile
Encyclopedia
The Surveilling Miniature Attack Cruise Missile (SMACM) is a long range, high endurance, expendable, unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) under development by Lockheed Martin
. It is equipped with a two-way datalink and is designed to reconnoitre a target area and if necessary engage targets with its weapon system.
Unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle , also known as a unmanned aircraft system , remotely piloted aircraft or unmanned aircraft, is a machine which functions either by the remote control of a navigator or pilot or autonomously, that is, as a self-directing entity...
(UAV) under development by Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is an American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington Metropolitan Area....
. It is equipped with a two-way datalink and is designed to reconnoitre a target area and if necessary engage targets with its weapon system.
Specifications
- Weight: 142 lb
- Length: 70.5 in
- Engine: Type J45G turbojet.
- Range: > 200 nautical miles (370.4 km)
- Seeker:
- "Tri-Mode" - millimeter wave (MMW) RF radarRadarRadar is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio...
, imaging infraredInfrared homingInfrared homing refers to a passive missile guidance system which uses the emission from a target of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared part of the spectrum to track and follow it. Missiles which use infrared seeking are often referred to as "heat-seekers", since infrared is just below the...
(IIR), and a semi active laser (SAL) or - "Tri-Star" - MMW, active LADAR, and SAL.
- "Tri-Mode" - millimeter wave (MMW) RF radar
- Payload: Four Low Cost Autonomous Attack SystemLow Cost Autonomous Attack SystemThe Low Cost Autonomous Attack System . In 1998 the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army Lockheed Martin began to examine the feasibility of a small, affordable cruise missile weapon for use against armoured and unarmoured vehicles, materiel and personnel, and if so develop a demonstration program. The...
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