IRIS-T
Sign in to saveThe IRIS-T (infrared imaging system tail/thrust vector-controlled) is a short range infrared homing air-to-air missile. It is also called AIM-2000. The missile also has other variants, including the surface-to-air-launched IRIS-T SLS and IRIS-T SLM and their derivatives.
Key facts
- Weapon.launch_platform
- Air-to-air: McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, McDonnell Douglas F-4 AUP, Northrop F-5M Super Tigris, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, Saab JAS 39 Gripen, Leonardo M-346 Master, Panavia Tornado, Eurofighter Typhoon, KAI T-50 Golden Eagle, KAI KF-21 Boramae Ground-to-air: IRIS-T SL family (IRIS-T SLS, IRIS-T SLM, IRIS-T SLX, NASAMS-3) Submarine: IDAS
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.name
- IRIS-T
- Weapon.image
- IRIS-T expo front.JPG
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- Mockup of the IRIS-T
- Weapon.origin
- Germany, Italy, Sweden, Greece, Norway, Spain
- Weapon.type
- IRIS-T: Short-range air-to-air missile IRIS-T SL family: Surface-to-air missile IDAS: Submarine-launched multipurpose surface-to-air missile
- Weapon.used_by
- See operators
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Diehl Defence, Avio S.p.A., Litton Italia, Leonardo S.p.A., Saab AB, GPCC, Nammo
- Weapon.developed_into
- IRIS-T SL family
- Weapon.unit_cost
- €400,000 (~US$) for an AAM
- Weapon.propellant
- HTPB
- Weapon.number
- > 5,000 missiles (as of December 2023)
- Weapon.service
- December 2005
- Weapon.engine
- Solid-fuel rocket with thrust vectoring control
- Weapon.speed
- Mach 3
- Weapon.ceiling
- IRIS-T SLS: Up to 8,000 meters (26,000 feet) IRIS-T SLM: Up to 20,000 meters (66,000 feet) IRIS-T SLX: Up to 30,000 meters (98,000 feet) IRIS-T HYDEF: Up to 50,000 meters (160,000 feet)
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Article
25 sectionsContents
- History
- Background
- Development
- Missile characteristics
- Variants
- Operational
- IRIS-T air-to-air missile
- IRIS-T surface-to-air missile family
- In development
- IRIS-T AAM Block 2
- IRIS-T FCAAM air-to-air missile
- IRIS-T air-to-surface missile
- IDAS (submarine-launched variant)
- Cancelled projects
- LFK NG
- Operators
- Current operators
- Former operators
- Future operators
- Potential operators
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
The IRIS-T (infrared imaging system tail/thrust vector-controlled) is a short range infrared homing air-to-air missile. It is also called AIM-2000. The missile also has other variants, including the surface-to-air-launched IRIS-T SLS and IRIS-T SLM and their derivatives.
The missile was developed in the late 1990s–early 2000s by a German-led program to produce a short to medium range infrared homing air-to-air missile to replace the AIM-9 Sidewinder in use by some NATO member countries at the time. A goal of the program was for any aircraft capable of firing the Sidewinder to also be capable of launching the IRIS-T. The air-to-air variant was fielded in 2005.