Meteor started out as UK MoD Staff Requirement 1239, for a Beyond Visual Range Air-To-Air Missile (BVRAAM) system, to replace the AMRAAM missile for the RAF. Characteristics Primary Function: long-range, air-to-air missile Contractor: MBDA Power Plant: ramjet Length: 3.67 m Diameter: ? Wing Span: ? Launch Weight: (classified) Speed: > Mach 4 Warhead: blast/fragmentation Range: > 100 km Fuzes: laser proximity and impact Guidance: inertial mid course with data linking, active radar terminal guidance Unit Cost: ? Date Deployed: development to be completed by 2010 Aircraft platforms: Typhoon, Rafale, Gripen
