Stumbled on this one. The Coyote 2 is intended to be a missile for use against small UAVs. Notice the booster propulsion?

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Personally, I don't like the crossover to hobby/amateur rocketry. It's one thing to build models of missiles. It's quite another, in the eyes of an uninformed public, to have a tangible link between an actual weapon system and amateur rocketry. To those who (incorrectly) assume all rockets are just dangerous missiles in disguise, this might 'confirm' their fears.

Yes, the old "Smokey SAM" motors from Vulcan Industries were used to simulate surface-to-air missiles for the Air Force. But they were mostly for the visual effect (for the pilots) of seeing something shoot off the ground. They didn't really look like missiles and they certainly weren't guided. Now, a guided missile boosted by, what, a cluster of "I" motors?! Ah well. Credit to Raytheon for minimizing costs!

Looks like Aerotech based boosters.

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The Coyote is a low-cost, expendable, portable drone system - I think just about all the US armed forces use them along with the Weather Service maybe? (data gathering in storms I think). This looks like it might be a trade show model or test article of the next-gen Coyote anti-UAV drone? Since the current Coyote is tube launched with folding wings/tail surfaces I’m willing to bet Coyote 2 will be tube launched as well. So will Aerotech motors be reliable enough when stored in the launcher, under all kinds of adverse conditions, to work for the Navy or USMC? Not really what they’re designed for so maybe Raytheon is using COTS motors for testing while developing something proprietary for operational use? Military UAV and anti-UAV development is a moving target - interesting to watch and think about...

Anyone know what propellant/reload they are using? One that doesn't chuff, hopefully.

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Pretty sure that BT has the highest ISP.
Then again many AtoA missiles have exhaust that looks a lot like WL.

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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!!

Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, and HAVOC !