Cuda

[powderburner]

Lockheed has been toying with a new air-to-air missile called the Cuda. It is half the size of an AIM-120 with a similar diameter. No official DoD-series designation yet, and not a lot of "official" data released. Some of what has been covered can be found at:

https://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Magazine Documents/2012/November 2012/1112expo.pdf
https://up-ship.com/blog/?p=17227
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/a...on-new-air-to-air-hit-to-kill-missile-379775/
https://theaviationist.com/2012/11/30/cuda/
https://elementsofpower.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-mysterious-lm-cuda-missile-or.html
https://www.network54.com/Forum/211...1355478699/12+internal+AAMs+for+the+F-22-35+-
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=120971
https://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-20679-start-135.html

This thing is going to be small enough to be a modeling subject for us at full scale.

The attached image is my suggestion (NOT official) for dimensions and features for making a scale model of the released configuration.



note 1 -- fasteners at statn 24.5 in 30 places spaced 12 degrees apart
note 2 -- fasteners at statn 63.5 in 15 places spaced 24 degrees apart
note 3 -- aft fin pivot axis at statn 67.75 with rotating base diameter 1.0

 

[GregGleason]

Interesting.

Also, lots of interesting "toys" in the USAF Tech expo from airforce mag. Laser-blasted artillery shells, flying car concept, Brimstone (advanced Hellfire missile), Grizzly concept aircraft (think C-130J upscale/C-17 downscale).:eyepop:

Greg

 

[sodmeister]

Wow ,would love to attend one of those expos !

That CUDA reminds me of a 39 Exocet ,I like it !!


Paul T

 

[Regent45]

But this message that the OP talk about keeps coming up for me: