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Raytheon's
JSOW C-1 Variant Gliding Weapon Scores Direct Hit in First Operational
Test |
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Raytheon
Company and the U.S. Navy have conducted a successful operational test
of the new Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1 gliding, precision-guided
weapon. Conducted in a challenging flight environment, the test further
demonstrated the capabilities of JSOW C-1 against a broad set of land
targets. |
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A Joint
Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1 in flight off the coast of California in
2011. A JSOW C-1, similar to the one pictured, completed it last free-flight
test as part of integrated test and evaluation in January 2015. (U.S.
Navy photo) |
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Launched
from an F/A-18F Super Hornet at approximately 29,000 feet, the JSOW
C-1 flew a flawless, preplanned route before destroying its intended
land target with precision accuracy. The challenging battlefield scenario
included a well-defended target that used tactical countermeasures.
"This test demonstrated yet again JSOW's ability to deliver decisive
battlefield effects with precision stand-off capability against some
of the most challenging land targets facing our warfighters," said
Celeste Mohr, JSOW program director for Raytheon Missile Systems. "Naval
aviators also recently employed JSOW C in a tactically realistic, cave-defeat
scenario that included heavy radio frequency countermeasures. The result
was two direct hits." |
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US Navy
F-18 with JSOW (Picture: Raytheon) |
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The new
JSOW C-1 combines the proven, precision, standoff land attack capabilities
from JSOW C, with the new, state-of-the-art Link 16 data link to also
engage moving maritime targets. The JSOW C-1 variant adds a two-way
Link 16 data link to engage and destroy moving targets, as well as stationary
land targets.
This initial operational test shot was preceded by seven-for-seven,
equally successful employments against both stationary land targets
and maritime moving targets during the developmental and integration
test phases. It paves the way for the next phase of operational testing
against large and small maritime moving targets.
JSOW C and C-1 are designed to provide fleet forces with robust and
flexible capability against high-value targets, at launch ranges exceeding
100 kilometers. |
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Aviation
Ordnancemen assigned to G-1 Division inspect Joint Stand Off Weapons
(JSOW) aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) before transferring them
to waiting aircraft. Picture: US Navy |
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About
JSOW
JSOW is a family of combat proven, low-cost air-to-ground weapons that
employ an integrated GPS-inertial navigation system, with highly capable
guidance algorithms; and is the only U.S. standoff weapon in production
to fit internally in the Joint Strike Fighter. More than 5,000 JSOWs
have been produced since 1997, with more than 400 employed in combat.
JSOW C prosecutes stationary land targets, and uses an imaging infrared
seeker for increased accuracy in the terminal phase. The JSOW C-1 variant
adds the two-way Strike Common Weapon Datalink enabling additional target
sets with critical moving maritime target capability. |
