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PICTURES: Leonardo test fires Sidewinder from M-346
15 DECEMBER, 2017 SOURCE: FLIGHTGLOBAL.COM BY: DOMINIC
PERRY LONDON
Leonardo has continued development work on the attack
variant of its M-346 trainer, performing a successful test firing of a Raytheon
AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missile from the platform.
Conducted at Italy's Salto del Quirra test range off the
coast of Sardinia, the firing validates the safe separation of the munition
from the aircraft.
Leonardo
Leonardo says that an initial analysis of the flight-test
data shows all systems performed as predicted.
Fired from an underwing pylon, the missile was released
at an altitude of 5,000ft and a speed of Mach 0.8.
Leonardo
The latest round of testing adds to previous
qualification efforts for other weapons, such as guided bombs and a gun pod, on
the M-346.
Original post: flightglobal.com
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