Raytheon [RTN] and Boeing [BA] completed a series of captive carry flight tests of a form-factored tri-mode seeker for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile competition.
“The test series demonstrated that Raytheon’s form-factored tri-mode seeker and guidance electronics units are ready to enter prototype missile builds in preparation for guided missile firings early next year,” said Bob Francois, Raytheon’s vice president of Advanced Missiles and Unmanned Systems. “The Raytheon-Boeing JAGM system will give warfighters a capability they have asked for and do not have. JAGM is an affordable, all-weather weapon capable of defeating a variety of targets from fixed- and rotary-wing platforms.”
JAGM will reduce the U.S. military’s logistics footprint by replacing three legacy missiles currently in the Army’s, Navy’s and Marine Corps’ inventories.
Along with Boeing’s proven airframe, JAGM features Raytheon’s tri-mode seeker. Raytheon’s next-generation tri-mode seeker leverages technology used on the Small Diameter Bomb II and the Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System’s improved Precision Attack Missile.
“Boeing’s proficiency integrating weapons on platforms like the Super Hornet and AH-64D Apache Longbow, combined with Raytheon’s seeker expertise, makes our JAGM system the low-risk and cost-effective solution,” said Carl Avila, Boeing’s director of Advanced Weapons and Missile Systems.