Raytheon Company's Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) destroyed a high-diving,
supersonic threat during a recent firing from the U.S. Navy's Self-Defense
Test Ship. "The success of this firing, highlighted by a skin-to-skin
intercept, is a direct result of a series of enhancements to what is
truly an international missile," said Rick Nelson, vice president
of Raytheon Missile Systems' Naval and Area Mission Defense product
line."Thanks to our multinational team's commitment to continuous
improvement, each consortium member gains valuable protection for their
fleets based on ESSM's interoperability with a wide range of combat
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ESSM provides critical layered defense by delivering
protecting firepower against high-G maneuvering anti-ship cruise missiles,
supersonic high-diving threats and low-velocity air threats, as well
as surface targets. Recently, ESSM was successfully launched from a
ground-based system, demonstrating that the missile's performance over
ground matches that over water. Significantly, no software changes were
required to prove the ESSM's enhanced capability.
About ESSM
With 18 industrial partners representing 10 nations, ESSM is the world's
premier international cooperative missile production program. ESSM is
a key component of Raytheon's portfolio of products that provide a global
layered defense capability to meet the needs of diverse platforms, combat
system design and theaters of operation.
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