Aérospatiale C.22

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
  1. https://www.aviafrance.com/i/avion.php?ID=9958
  2. Rideau, Jean-Francois; Guyader, Gilles; Cloarec, Alain (2008). "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. doi:10.2514/6.2008-4590. ISBN 978-1-60086-992-1.
  3. COMAERO. Un demi siècle d aéronautique en France. Un demi-siècle d aéronautique en France. Centres et moyens d essais (II) p. 21
  4. https://www.comptoir-aviation.com/le_comptoir_de_laviation/2018/09/aerospatiale-drone-cible_c22.html
  5. "Aérospatiale Matra" (Microsoft Word (DOC)). Defense & Aerospace Companies - Volume II. September 2001. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
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