Italian Navy FREMM Frigate Bergamini Test Fired its First ASTER 30 Surface to Air Missile



By GDNA

An Italian FREMM frigate Bergamini successfully carried out the first ASTER 30 firing of the FREMM Programme. The firing took place at the PISQ facility in Easter Sardinia, which is the Italian Joint Firing Range.
The OCCAR-EA FREMM Programme Division is procuring 10 FREMM Frigates on behalf of the Italian Navy with deliveries ongoing until 2021.
The first qualification firing has been conducted in autonomous mode with the Italian SAAM ESD (Surface Anti Air Missile, Extended Self Defence) system, to the full satisfaction of the Italian Navy. The next launch, which will be in integrated mode, is planned for April 2017.


The Italian FREMM Anti Air Warfare Capability based on the SAAM ESD provides both Self Defence and Extended Self Defence, guaranteeing protection also to consort ships through their 16 ASTER missiles (ASTER 15 or ASTER 30).
The firing was conducted using an instrumented telemetry missile (procured by the OCCAR-EA FSAF-PAAMS Programme Division) that confirmed the outstanding capabilities of the SAAM ESD against missiles simulated by a Mirach 100/5 target.
Within such a complex scenario, the whole mission was conducted on time and to a meticulous schedule, proving also the great cooperation among PISQ, the IT Navy personnel, the OCCAR-EA FREMM and FSAF-PAAMS Programme Divisions and the Industries involved.

About Aster 30


Aster 30 is the long range surface to air missile co-develop by France and Italy having modified seeker, fuse, signal processing and directional blast warhead where fragments directed towards target when it is detonated at 2 metres of distance from target.
The missile is having first stage booster motor and second stage missile solid rocket propellant which are arranged in tandem. The first stage booster is developed by Fiat Avio, which is 2.3 metre in length, 340 kg by weight and burn time of 3.5 seconds with 2 steerable nozzles. After jettison of first stage motors, the missile weighs upto 110kg, 2.6metre by length and having diameter of 18cm.
The missile uses inertial mid course guidance with guidance correction updates data which being transmitted from its Arabel multi function radar.
The maximum velocity of missile is 1.4 km/sec with maximum range of 100 km and can track the targets flying at altitude of 50m to 20km.
The missile is launched vertically.

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