The Multi-Mission Launcher ( MML ) is an open-systems architecture multi-role missile launching system created by the United States Army 's Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center .
16-767: The MML has its roots in the Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) Increment 2-Intercept program which also included the development of the Miniature Hit-to-Kill Missile (MHTK). The system is intended to close gaps in the Army's cruise missile, short range air defense (SHORAD) and Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) defenses. The MML was developed by the Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC). Unusually, AMRDEC served as
32-420: A limited company, Rafael earned a $ 37 million profit on $ 830 million in sales. By 2016, Rafael reported annual net profits of 473 million ILS (roughly 130 million dollars), up 3%, compared with ILS 459 million in 2015. New orders in 2016 totaled ILS 10.7 billion, and sales amounted to ILS 8.32 billion, 6% more than in 2015. The company's orders backlog as of the end of 2016 was ILS 21.72 billion, 12% more than at
48-501: Is a mobile ground based multi-role weapons system built around the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System with an AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel acting as the prime sensor and truck mounted MML systems as shooters. The acronym IFPC is pronounced "if pick." The Army intends to integrate a 100-kilowatt laser weapon with the system, they awarded a $ 130m development contract to a joint Dynetics and Lockheed Martin team. Like
64-552: Is an Israeli defense technology company . It was founded as Israel's National R&D Defense Laboratory for the development of weapons and military technology within the Israeli Ministry of Defense ; in 2002 it was incorporated as a limited company . Rafael was established in 1948 as the Science Corps ( Hebrew : חיל המדע , known by the acronym HEMED, Hebrew : חמד ) under the leadership of Shlomo Gur . It
80-522: Is highly maneuverable with 360 degrees of rotation and a full 90 degrees of elevation. Each FMTV pulls a standard trailer with a tactical missile data link and a standard 60 kW generator. Development of the platform utilized components from the M1157 Dump Truck and M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System . Enduring Shield from Dynetics uses a launcher based on the MML. The stacking system
96-750: The Army's Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) network; each launcher carries 18 AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles and is deployed off the back of Palletized Load System or Load Handling System trucks. Miniature Hit-to-Kill Missile Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.236 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 967963029 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:37:30 GMT Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. ( Hebrew : רפאל - מערכות לחימה מתקדמות בע"מ )
112-495: The MML the system will be integrated with the FMTV. The Army intends to test a full (including laser) IFPC system in 2022. In 2019 the Army announced their intent to field a high powered microwave weapon as part of IFPC by 2024 with a demonstration in 2022. The MML was planned to be fielded carried aboard a Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles truck; each FMTV carries fifteen MML tubes organized into three five-tube clips. The launcher
128-553: The MML to be made larger to accommodate bigger or more missiles. The IFPC will be part of a layered air and missile defense system, with a battery of MMLs attached to each MSHORAD and Patriot missile battalion to handle higher- or lower-end threats. AMRDEC and CMDS will deliver eight MML systems by the end of 2019. During testing the MML had issues with reloading and the AIM-9X interceptors were prone to overheating. Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2-Intercept (IFPC Inc 2-I)
144-586: The interceptor in the Israeli/American Iron Dome System. Raytheon produces a licensed local version of Tamir missile under the name SkyHunter. By March 2019, the IFPC requirement had been scaled back to focus on cruise missile threats, while C-UAS and C-RAM defense would be handled by other systems; attempting to combine all missions into one system resulted in technical challenges with the payloads and reloading procedures. This allowed
160-400: The prime integrator instead of a private defense contractor; this lowers R&D costs as well as allowing the Army full ownership of the weapon system's source code and intellectual property which significantly lowers sustainment cost. The MML is the first major development program successfully undertaken by the government industrial base in more than 30 years. The Miniature Hit-to-Kill Missile
176-632: The system. In 2016 FIM-92 Stinger missiles were launched from a single tube MML at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. AIM-9X Sidewinder and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles launched from a FMTV mounted 15 tube MML were tested at the Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. In April 2016, also at White Sands and using the FMTV mounted MML, the Army evaluated the Tamir missile which serves as
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#1732790250183192-602: Was decided to restructure the organization and start operating Rafael as a company. Initially the new company had three discrete divisions, each operating as a profit center, with a separate balance sheet presented to the newly formed management board. The restructuring was completed in 2002 when Rafael was formally incorporated as a limited company (although still as a government-owned corporation ), while maintaining its technological capabilities through an investment of about 10% of turnover in R&;D programs. In its first year as
208-464: Was developed by Lockheed Martin specifically for the MML. Intended to fill the C-RAM role this approximately 2.5 feet (76 cm) and 5 pounds (2.3 kg) missile fits four to a MML pod. Other missiles considered for MML were Expanded Mission Area Missile (EMAM), Israeli Tamir and Stunner missiles, and Accelerated Improved Interceptor missile. Multiple missiles have been integrated and tested with
224-633: Was redesigned to cost less and gains in probability and reducing complexity were also made. Like the MML the Enduring Shield launcher is payload agnostic allowing a wide range of missiles to be integrated into the system. Dynetics' MML-based Enduring Shield design was selected by the U.S. Army over the Rafael Iron Dome in August 2021. A typical Enduring Shield platoon will consist of four launchers linked to one AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel radar via
240-522: Was renamed the Research and Design Directorate ( אגף הפיתוח והתיכנון ) in 1952. In 1952 David Ben-Gurion decided to split the activities of HEMED into two agencies. The pure scientific research was left with HEMED, while the development of weapons was placed into the new EMET agency. In 1954 Ben-Gurion decided to change the name of EMET to RAFAEL ( Hebrew : רשות לפיתוח אמצעי לחימה , lit. 'Armament Development Authority'). It
256-410: Was reorganized as Rafael in 1958. In 1995, Yitzhak Rabin asked Amos Horev to become chairman of the board of Rafael, following many years in which Horev had served as chairman of Rafael's advisory committee. Horev served as chairman until January 2001. During the early 1990s Rafael was operating at a loss (peaking in 1995, with a loss of $ 120 million on a turnover of $ 460 million). Therefore, it
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