The Center of Innovative Technologies Program has developed the DART rocket, a feature of which is the ability to launch from balloons.
The Center of Innovative Technologies Program has developed the DART rocket, a feature of which is the ability to launch from balloons.
According to «Military», such a rocket can be launched from stratospheric balloons at an altitude of 12 to 18 kilometers.
The total length of the missile body is 1.84 meters, and the weight of the product without the warhead is 13 kg. Meanwhile, the warhead, depending on the configuration, varies from 3.5 kg to 10 kg. The warhead includes damage elements made of graphite.
Another technical feature of the developed missile is guidance using a navigation system. However, after reaching an altitude of about 6 km, navigation is turned off. At the same time, the solid-fuel engine is activated, after which the DART missile continues to move towards the target without changing course.
Thus, disabling the systems during flight to the target prevents enemy electronic warfare from affecting the missile.
The balloons from which the rocket is launched, according to the Center of Innovative Technologies Program, are a partnership development.
The company is reportedly also planning to create a ballistic missile and a surface-to-air missile based on DART.
As dev.ua previously wrote, German Diehl Defense plans to localize the production of Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missiles .
It is also known that the FP-7.x missile from Fire Point has been tested and is ready for integration into the FREYJA system.
