AQM-127 | |
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Type | Target drone |
Place of origin | United States |
Production history | |
Designed | 1984 |
Manufacturer | Martin Marietta |
No. built | 15 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 2,400 pounds (1,100 kg) |
Length | 17.9 ft (5.47 m) |
Diameter | 21 in (54 cm) |
Engine | Marquardt ramjet with integrated Thiokol solid rocket booster |
Operational range | 55 nautical miles (102 km; 63 mi) |
Maximum speed | Mach 2.5 |
The AQM-127 Supersonic Low-Altitude Target (SLAT) was a target drone developed during the 1980s by Martin Marietta for use by the United States Navy. Derived from Martin Marietta's work on the cancelled ASALM missile, SLAT proved to have severe difficulties in flight testing, and the project was cancelled during 1991.