Rafael Derby
Rafael Derby
Rafael Derby
Provide your pilots with outstanding short and beyond visual range missile capabilities
Short Range and BVR Missile for
Air-to-Air Missions
The Derby is an active radar air-
to-air missile that provides fghter
aircraft with outstanding and
effective performance in both short
ranges and Beyond Visual Range
(BVR) intercepts.
The missile enables operational
fexibility and multi-shot capability.
It can be launched at an enemy
aircraft day or night and in all-
weather conditions.
The Derby missile incorporates
look-down/shoot-down capability,
sophisticated fre and forget mode
and an advanced ECCM tailored
to the customers operational
requirements.
Derbys light weight allows it to be
adapted to various modern fghter
aircraft, including light aircraft,
such as F-5, Mirage and F-16.
TM
Benefts
All weather operation
Effective performance for both
short and Beyond Visual Range
(BVR) intercepts
Lightweight
High agility
Dual use missile (air-to-air and
surface-to-air)
Together the Derby and Python-
5 offer superior war fghting
capability that ensures outstanding
air superiority for the 21st century.
Innovative Interceptor for Air
Defense Missions
The Derby complemented with
the Python-5 full sphere missile
is used as an interceptor in the
Spyder short and medium range
air defense systems. Both Spyder
systems are designed to engage and
destroy a wide spectrum of threats,
such as attack aircraft, bombers,
cruise missiles, UAVs and UCAVs
and stand-off weapons.
Active Radar BVR Air-to-Air or Surface-to-Air Missile
Derby
Technical Specifcations
Weight 118 kg 260.1 lb
Length 362 cm 142.5 in
Wing Span 64 cm 25.2 in
Diameter 16 cm 6 in
Active radar
Look-down/Shoot-down
capability
LOBL / LOAL capability
Large kinematic envelope
Dual range (short and medium)
Features
Derby Missile
Fully developed, tested and proven missile
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Spyder ADS
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Missiles and NCW Division
Tel: (972)4-990-8503 Fax: (972)4-990-6257
E-mail: [email protected]
HQ Tel: (972)4-879-4714 Fax: (972)4-879-4657
E-mail: [email protected] www.rafael.co.il