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demonstrates new Electronic Support Measure seeker technology for Tomahawk
missile |
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Raytheon
Company completed a successful field test of an advanced Electronic
Support Measure (ESM) seeker installed in a Block IV Tomahawk missile
as part of the company's new product improvement program.
The ESM seeker incorporates a state-of-the-art processor and antenna
to locate and track moving and fixed emitting targets. The seeker's
capability was validated in a realistic high-density environment after
seven months of testing in anechoic chambers. |
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Sailors aboard
the guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) conduct an operational
tomahawk missile launch while underway in a training area off the coast
of California.
Picture: US Navy
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"This
new moving target capability would enhance Tomahawk's already exceptional
land attack mode capability by allowing it to engage moving targets
on land," said Roy Donelson, Tomahawk program director for Raytheon
Missile Systems. "We believe this evolution would align with DOD's
vision of increasing capability while maintaining development costs."
Raytheon continues to work with the U.S. Navy to evaluate Tomahawk's
technical and operational capabilities, while using cost-efficient manufacturing
processes. A major enhancement introduced with the Tomahawk Block IV
missile includes a two-way satellite data-link that enables a strike
controller to redirect the missile in-flight to preprogrammed alternate
targets or more critical targets.
"Raytheon is providing the U.S. Navy with a missile that can evolve
its capability," Donelson continued. "Tomahawk is an open
architecture 'truck' capable of integrating payloads and sensors that
have high technology readiness levels."
The new multi-mode seeker technology would allow the Navy's Surface
Action Group to fire Tomahawks from sanctuary and defeat mobile threats
at long range. |
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Tomahawk
cruise missile
Picture: Raytheon
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About
Tomahawk Block IV
With a range of approximately 1,000 statute miles, the Tomahawk Block
IV missile is a surface- and submarine-launched precision strike stand-off
weapon. Tomahawk is designed for long-range precision strike missions
against high-value and heavily defended targets. More than 2,000 Tomahawks
have been employed in combat. Tomahawk is integrated on all major
U.S. surface combatants, as well as U.S. and U.K. sub-surface platforms,
including the Los Angeles, Virginia, Ohio, Astute and Trafalgar-class
submarines.
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