AN APPROACH TO EXTEND THE OPERATION PERIOD OF "AIR AIR" AVIATION GUIDED MISSILES USED BY THE BULGARIAN MILITARY AIR FORCE - CURRENT SITUATION AND FUTURE GUIDELINES Cover Image

ПОДХОД ЗА УДЪЛЖАВАНЕ НА СРОКА НА ЕКСПЛОАТАЦИЯ НА АВИАЦИОННИ УПРАВЛЯЕМИ РАКЕТИ „ВЪЗДУХ-ВЪЗДУХ”, НАМИРАЩИ СЕ НА ВЪОРЪЖЕНИЕ В БЪЛГАРСКИТЕ ВОЕННОВЪЗДУШНИ СИЛИ – ТЕКУЩО СЪСТОЯНИЕ И БЪДЕЩИ НАСОКИ
AN APPROACH TO EXTEND THE OPERATION PERIOD OF "AIR AIR" AVIATION GUIDED MISSILES USED BY THE BULGARIAN MILITARY AIR FORCE - CURRENT SITUATION AND FUTURE GUIDELINES

Author(s): Dilyan Nedelchev, Borislav Genov
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Сдружение „Академия за иновации и устойчивост“
Keywords: service life prolongation; guided missiles; testing procedures
Summary/Abstract: In the near future the Bulgarian Air Force will use outdated aircraft, produced within the late 1980s and early 1990s. The same is for their armament included guided missiles. The budgetary constraints make the strategy of acquisition of the new ones difficult to implement. The only option available is prolongation of the life cycle, based on scientific and expert approach. In this article the current achievements are analyzed as well future directions for improvement of trsting methodology.