Aérospatiale C.22 Explained

Aérospatiale C.22 is a subsonic target drone developed and manufactured by Aérospatiale since 1980,^[1] and used in testing the MBDA Aster missile. It is powered by a Microturbo TRI 60-02.^[2]

To ensure the tests of the Centre d'Essais de Landes in 1995, 74 targets including twenty C22, eleven Nord Aviation CT20 and twenty-seven Fox, were launched.^[3] It was last used in France in 2014.^[4] It is equipped with a towed target for the training of anti-aircraft gun crews and ground-to-air missile batteries.^[5]

References

• Book: Taylor . John W. R. . John W. R. Taylor . Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83 . 1982 . London . Jane's Yearbooks . 0-7106-0748-2.

External links

• https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php%3FID%3D9958%26ID_CONSTRUCTEUR%3D50&ei=CAQbS5TzFs_ajQfJmKT5Aw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CCIQ7gEwCDgK&prev=/search%3Fq%3DAerospatiale%2BC22%2Btarget%2Bdrone%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rls%3Dig%26sa%3DN%26start%3D10

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aérospatiale C.22 - Drone cible - Un siècle d'aviation française . Aviafrance.com . 2022-08-31.
2. Book: https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2008-4590. 10.2514/6.2008-4590. MICROTURBO Families of Turbojet Engine for Missiles and Uav's from the TR60 to the New Bypass Turbojet Engine Generation. 44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit. 2008. Rideau. Jean-Francois. Guyader. Gilles. Cloarec. Alain. 978-1-60086-992-1.
3. https://docplayer.fr/57587629-Comaero-un-demi-siecle-d-aeronautique-en-france-un-demisiecle-d-aeronautique-en-france-centres-et-moyens-d-essais-centres-et-moyens-d-essaisii.html COMAERO. Un demi siècle d aéronautique en France. Un demi-siècle d aéronautique en France. Centres et moyens d essais (II)
4. Web site: Aerospatiale C 22 . Le Comptoir de l'Aviation . 31 August 2022 . French.
5. Web site: Aérospatiale Matra . Defense & Aerospace Companies - Volume II . September 2001 . 2010-05-19 . Microsoft Word (DOC) .