South Africa will begin air-launched firing trials of its A-Darter imaging infrared-guided dogfight missile early in 2009, with the program emerging as a template for further collaborative weapons ...

Denel’s short-range weapon has been brought to fruition with Brazilian help, and is now ready for operation with the Gripen A mock-up of an A-Darter is shown next to a South African Air Force Gripen.

The Brazilian Air Force has accepted the data package and type certificate of Denel Dynamics’ A-Darter air-to-air missile (AAM), signaling the closure of the project’s development cycle. The A-Darter ...