MA-31

MA-31
TypeTarget drone
Place of originRussia
United States
Service history
In service1996-2007
Used byUnited States Navy
Production history
ManufacturerBoeing, Zvezda-Strela
No. built47
Specifications
Mass1,300 pounds (590 kg)
Length15 ft (4.7 m)
Diameter14.2 inches (360 mm)
Wingspan3.8 ft (1.15 m)

EngineSolid fuel rocket in initial stage, ramjet for rest of trajectory
Operational
range
27 nmi (50 km; 31 mi)
Maximum speed Sea level

Mach 2.5 (3,060 km/h; 1,900 mph)

High altitude

Mach 3.1 (3,800 km/h; 2,360 mph)
Launch
platform
QF-4 Phantom II

The MA-31 was a conversion of the Kh-31, an anti-ship missile developed by the Soviet Union during the 1980s, for use as a target drone by the United States Navy. Although the missile proved successful in this role, political complications resulted in the type being only an interim solution, and only a small number of the missiles were acquired.