Brimstone

[giganick1]

With reports that both the USA and France are interested in Brimstone is there any chance that it will be deployed aboard Gunships to replace Hellfire as it is a better weapon in the antitank role and it would be able to be used against ground targets as well.

Nick

[kev 99]

Is it actually a better anti tank weapon though? There are versions of Hellfire that can be used against non-hardened targets as well. How does it compare range wise? I would think the main concern regarding fitting Brimstone to helicopters would be cost, how does it compare against Hellfire?

[swerve]

I don't see the point. Brimstone is a Hellfire-sized & shaped missile designed for firing from fast jets. It's probably more expensive than Hellfire, & for firing from helicopters, I can't think of any advantages it has.

[djcross]

Proposals for the Joint Air to Ground Missile (JAGM) were submitted last week by LM and a team from Boeing/Raytheon. It is to replace Hellfire and Maverick. JAGM's trick is a tri-mode seeker robust to weather and countermeasures.

Early in the JAGM competition, Boeing was talking to MBDA about using the Brimstone airframe and adding it own seeker. I guess those talks fell apart because Boeing teamed with Raytheon.