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A great delivery system - now if only we had some more platforms from which we could launch it. Currently, AFAIK the only capable platforms in Canadian service are the CF-18s.
The launchers have been mounted on fixed beds for tests and prototypes/operationally on modified 105mm Howitzer carriages (6x19), light attack vehicles, Hummers, trucks, USMC LAVs, light and medium helicopters and UAVs.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2006/04/hydra70-rockets-from-cutbacks-to-the-future-of-warfare/index.php
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BAE appears to have won the competition because it not only used the existing launcher and motors but also fin assembly (which Raytheon wanted to modify) and all the current and developmental warheads (while Lockheed Martin required a new, single warhead).
Interestingly the same laser homing system is to be used on the 120mm Precision Guided Mortar Munition - but we don't have any 120mm Mortars either.
The launchers have been mounted on fixed beds for tests and prototypes/operationally on modified 105mm Howitzer carriages (6x19), light attack vehicles, Hummers, trucks, USMC LAVs, light and medium helicopters and UAVs.
...BAE's team eventually won the competition in late April 2006, receiving a two-year, $96.1 million SDD contract, with options for low-rate initial production to begin as early as 2007. Defense Update notes that their design retains the same fuse and warhead section of the standard M151 rocket, adding a mid-section which includes four semi-active laser seekers embedded in the wing roots of forward canards, which are used for flight control. ...
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2006/04/hydra70-rockets-from-cutbacks-to-the-future-of-warfare/index.php
Reproduced under the Fair Dealings provisions of the Copyright Act.
BAE appears to have won the competition because it not only used the existing launcher and motors but also fin assembly (which Raytheon wanted to modify) and all the current and developmental warheads (while Lockheed Martin required a new, single warhead).
Interestingly the same laser homing system is to be used on the 120mm Precision Guided Mortar Munition - but we don't have any 120mm Mortars either.