Raytheon, US Navy begin JSOW C-1 integrated testing against large, maneuvering ship
Raytheon, US Navy begin JSOW C-1 integrated testing against large, maneuvering ship
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Raytheon,
US Navy begin JSOW C-1 integrated testing against large, maneuvering ship
The U.S.
Navy has begun integrated testing (IT) of Raytheon Company's (NYSE:
RTN) Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1. During its first flight in IT,
the JSOW C-1 was retargeted to strike a large moving ship target.
"This flight test further demonstrates that JSOW C-1 can receive
third party target updates in-flight, retarget after release, and strike
a precise point on a moving ship using the weapon's autonomous terminal
seeker," said Cmdr. Samuel Hanaki of the U.S. Navy's Precision
Strike Weapons Program Office. "The program remains on track for
reaching initial operational capability in 2013."
The test presented two maneuvering ships (large and small) as potential
targets. Before weapon release, a Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet targeted
the smaller ship, and then handed off weapon control to a second Super
Hornet also targeting the smaller ship. After release from the first
Super Hornet, the JSOW C-1 was guided by the second Super Hornet toward
the smaller maneuvering ship target located 90 kilometers from launch
point.
While in flight, the JSOW was retargeted by the second Super Hornet
to the larger maneuvering ship target. The JSOW provided weapon in-flight
track and bomb hit indication status messages back to the controlling
Super Hornet while successfully engaging the larger target ship. The
test validated JSOW C-1's unique ability to be controlled, updated and
retargeted as needed to eliminate its intended target.
AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapons (JSOW)
under a US Navy F18
(picture: Raytheon)
"JSOW C-1 brings U.S. and allied warfighters
the unique ability to engage moving ships as far as 100 kilometers away
with an air-launched precision strike weapon," said Celeste Mohr,
Raytheon Missile Systems' JSOW program director. "The 280 Raytheon
employees in Tucson, Ariz., and the hundreds of partner-supplier employees
across the U.S. worked hard to make this test a success and demonstrate
JSOW C-1's ability as the newest and pre-eminent moving maritime target
weapon."
About the Joint Standoff Weapon
JSOW is a family of affordable, air-to-ground weapons that employs an
integrated GPS- inertial navigation system and terminal imaging infrared
seeker. JSOW C-1 adds the two-way Strike Common Weapon Datalink to the
combat-proven weapon, enabling moving maritime target capability.
JSOW C-1 is the world's first networked weapon with a range of approximately
100 kilometers.
The U.S. Navy's first two free-flight tests of JSOW C-1, on July 26,
2011, and Nov. 30, 2011, resulted in direct hits on moving ship targets.
Raytheon is using company funding to develop a powered version of
JSOW with the potential to engage targets at distances greater than
250 nautical miles.
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