Network Centric Airborne Defense Element (missile)

A low-risk, moderate capability anti-ballistic missile, Raytheon's air-launched ABM begins with off-the shelf components, lifting it with an F-15 Eagle fighter. The first stage would come from the AIM-120 Patriot. The second stage, to be guided by an AN/APG63 V(3) phased array radar, would use a second stage derivved from the MIM-104 Patriot. The Missile Defence Agency awarded a study contract early in 2007.

There are no reports as yet of a Russian analogue to this system, involving integration of the 9M96E/E2 missile with the Su-30/35 Flanker, although the Novator R-172 with similar size and performance is being integrated on the Su-35BM.