PGM-500

British-developed, MBDA-marketed precision-guided bomb carrying a 227 kg (500 lb) warhead with interchangeable laser, TV or imaging-infrared seekers; exported to the UAE as the Hakim.

In service since 1992

Compiled from public sources ·primary reference ↗ ·last verified 2026-08-04

Procurement snapshot

Availability & export

UK export-licensed

Subject to UK SPIRE licensing (ECJU); generally available to allied states.

Channel: Government-to-government or direct

Fielded & proven

Operator data not public

In service since 1992. Status: active.

Lifecycle cost (est.)

No public unit price to model from. Why so few systems publish one →

Interoperability

No standardised NATO calibre / datalink detected in public specs.

Derived guidance from public data, export regime by country of origin, lifecycle from the GAO ~30% acquisition rule. Verify eligibility, pricing and offsets with the manufacturer and your acquisition authority.

Overview

PGM 500 is the lighter member of the PGM 500/2000 guided-bomb family, originally developed for the UAE from 1984 by International Signal and Control, continued through Ferranti and GEC-Marconi, and finalized by the Anglo-Italian Alenia Marconi Systems (formed 1998 from GEC-Marconi Dynamics and Finmeccanica's Alenia Difesa) before passing to current marketer MBDA. It carries a 227 kg (500 lb) warhead on a single underslung solid-fuel rocket booster, with interchangeable semi-active laser, TV or imaging-infrared seekers. Four rear "squashed-X" wings and nose fins give it a stated range of 15 km released at low level or 50 km from altitude. It entered UAE Air Force service in 1992 (laser/TV variants) and 1995 (IR variant) under the local name Hakim.

Full specifications

Firepower

Armament, payload and guidance.

Firepower specifications
Warhead Warhead mass. Heavier generally means larger effect radius, at the cost of range.	227 kg Stronger than 82% of munitions
Guidance How the weapon finds its target: inertial, GPS/GLONASS, active/semi-active radar, infrared, laser, TV, wire.	Semi-active laser homing, TV guidance, Imaging infrared

Propulsion

Engine, power and fuel.

Propulsion specifications
Propulsion type Turbofan, turboshaft, diesel, gas turbine, solid-fuel rocket, ramjet…	Solid-fuel rocket

Munition

Round type, penetration, velocity and projectile data.

Munition specifications
Round type APFSDS (kinetic sabot), HEAT / multipurpose, HE-FRAG, canister or gun-launched ATGM.	guided bomb
Effective range Practical engagement range of the round.	15,000 m Stronger than 56% of munitions

Specifications compiled from public MBDA and reference sources ↗. Published defense figures are approximations, treat comparisons as directional. Last verified 2026-08-04.

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