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Saturday, May 17, 2014

SA and Brazil to collaborate on missiles post-A-Darter

A-Darter air-to-air missileWith the South African-Brazilian A-Darter air-to-air missile heading for production next year, prime contractor Denel Dynamics is looking to further cooperate with Brazil in missile development, notably on the 100 km range Marlin radar-guided air-to-air weapon.

The A-Darter is in its final stage of development, with production expected to begin next year and the first missiles should be in service by 2016.

Testing and integration has already been done on South African Air Force (SAAF) Gripen C/Ds, which should accelerate the integration of the weapon onto Brazilian Gripen NGs when these are delivered from 2018.

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