Built around an all-optical communication system, Polyphem simultaneously transmits video data from missile to ground and command information from ground to missile at data rates greater than 200 megabytes per second. It is a missile with a camera in the nose, connected to a guidance station by an optical fiber. The vehicle, which is air-transportable in C-160 and C-l30 transporter aircraft, provides modular armour protection against machine gun rounds and land mines.The navigation system comprises an inertial measuring unit (IMU) supported by an altimeter and GPS Navstar receiver, and ensures that the missile follows a predetermined trajectory into the designated target area.“The Polyphem firing station comprises a high-performance compact computer for missile guidance.”US plans weaponry sale to Taiwan amid tensions with ChinaMD 530G is a next-generation armed scout-attack helicopter developed by MD Helicopters. Polyphem has a range up to 60km and uses infrared imaging for high precision targeting by day and night against mobile or fixed targets.

A GPS receiver … Polyphem features an imaging infrared seeker as well as a multipurpose warhead.The Polyphem missile system was developed for Germany, France and Italy by the Euromissile consortium consisting, respectively, of DASA, Aerospatiale Missiles and Consorzio Italmissile. It uses a sealed round, a solid propellant booster rocket to launch the missile out of its canister to an initial height, so that the wings and control surfaces can unfold, and a more fuel economic turbojet cruise engine kicks in to propel the missile. It can be fired from ground vehicles, ships, and helicopters. EADS/LFK and MBDA Missile Systems the participants.DiSTI to develop DTTs for US Army M1 Abrams battle tankIn 1998, a contract was awarded for the operational demonstration phase. MUNICH---At several test firings and other trials of Polyphem, the functional capabilities of all the latest technologies used in this fibre optic guided missile system have been proved. The firing station has aThe Polyphem fibre-optic-guided missile prototype is designed for strikes at long-range targets from light land vehicles and against anti-ship or land based targets from the sea in which case the missile is launched from small ships or is helicopter launched. The Polyphem missile system is capable of fully automatic operation, with the operator as a “man in the loop”, validating the automatic selection and if necessary adjusting the final impact position to within 10cm. The images from an infrared camera in the nose of the missile are transmitted through a fibre-optic cable to a firing station, where they are automatically analysed, processed and displayed to the weapon system operator. The Polyphem missile system was developed for Germany, France and Italy by the Euromissile consortium consisting, respectively, of DASA, Aerospatiale Missiles … Digitally controlled spools, or bobbins, of fiber in the rear of the missile collect incoming signals that are transmitted to the navigation system. Does a 60km fiber-optic cable fit into the airframe of such a missile?--Arado 13:12, 8 August 2006 (UTC) That was my first thought, but according to this article , it does indeed. Originally the K130 class was supposed to be armed with the naval version of the Polyphem missile, an optical fiber-guided missile with a range of 60 km, which at the time was under development.
. The operator can then send the missile guidance instructions via the cable. The Polyphem fibre-optic-guided missile. About. Unival® group is the consortium leader of a German group of security companies, specialising is governmental and corporate protection. A servo-assisted loading and reloading system allows easy handling of the munition.The missile is accelerated by a solid propellant booster to an initial cruising speed of more than 150m a second.