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Bidders include [[Raytheon]] teamed with [[Boeing]] against [[Lockheed Martin]]. The Raytheon-Boeing team is proposing the same Common Tri-Mode Seeker (CMTS) (imaging infrared, radar and laser-guided) seeker that Raytheon developed for the [[GBU-53 Small Diameter Bomb]]. Lockheed Martin builds on its existing Hellfire, as well as the "Hellfire II semi-active laser or millimeter wave Hellfire Longbow missiles, and on the cooled sensors "used by the Lockheed/Raytheon [[FGM-148 Javelin|Javelin imaging infrared (IIR) missile]] to add extra fire-and-forget insurance. Lockheed Martin can also leverage its incumbent status for both the current Hellfire missile family, and the M299 missile launcher that equips most helicopters."<ref name=DID2010-09-15/> | Bidders include [[Raytheon]] teamed with [[Boeing]] against [[Lockheed Martin]]. The Raytheon-Boeing team is proposing the same [[Common Tri-Mode Seeker]] (CMTS) (imaging infrared, radar and laser-guided) seeker that Raytheon developed for the [[GBU-53 Small Diameter Bomb]]. Lockheed Martin builds on its existing Hellfire, as well as the "Hellfire II semi-active laser or millimeter wave Hellfire Longbow missiles, and on the cooled sensors "used by the Lockheed/Raytheon [[FGM-148 Javelin|Javelin imaging infrared (IIR) missile]] to add extra fire-and-forget insurance. Lockheed Martin can also leverage its incumbent status for both the current Hellfire missile family, and the M299 missile launcher that equips most helicopters."<ref name=DID2010-09-15/> | ||
The main foreign competitor is the [[Brimstone]] missile built by a Boeing and MBDA team. For the JAGM, Boeing | The main foreign competitor is the [[Brimstone]] missile built by a Boeing and MBDA team. For the JAGM, Boeing-Raytheon would use the Brimstone body with a new rocket motor subcontracted to ATK, Raytheon’s XM1111 Medium Range Munition guided tank shell software, and CMTS. CMTS was also part of the cancelled [[Future Combat Systems]] non-line-of-sight missile. CMTS would be upgraded for JAGM production. | ||
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Revision as of 12:35, 17 February 2011
Derived from the Joint Common Missile (JCM) that was cancelled in 2005, the U.S. Joint Air-Ground Missile (JAGM) program, joint among the Army, Navy, and Air Forfce, would replace short-range tactical misiles including:
- AGM-114 Hellfire carried by Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, ARH-70 Arapaho scout helicopters, and MQ-1C Skywarrior unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters
- AGM-65 Maverick aboard Marine AH-1Z Viper helicopters, Navy F-18 Hornet and F-18 Super Hornet aircraft, and possibly the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, MQ-8 Fire Scout and A160 Hummingbird UAVs, and some armed C-130 aircraft
- BGM-71 TOW on the AH-1Z; it is not clear if ground-launched TOWs are under consideration
The goal is a missile that is 110 Lbs, 7” diameter, 70” long, with a range of 0.5 – 16 km when fired from helicopters and 2 – 28 km if fired from fixed wing aircraft.[1]
Bidders include Raytheon teamed with Boeing against Lockheed Martin. The Raytheon-Boeing team is proposing the same Common Tri-Mode Seeker (CMTS) (imaging infrared, radar and laser-guided) seeker that Raytheon developed for the GBU-53 Small Diameter Bomb. Lockheed Martin builds on its existing Hellfire, as well as the "Hellfire II semi-active laser or millimeter wave Hellfire Longbow missiles, and on the cooled sensors "used by the Lockheed/Raytheon Javelin imaging infrared (IIR) missile to add extra fire-and-forget insurance. Lockheed Martin can also leverage its incumbent status for both the current Hellfire missile family, and the M299 missile launcher that equips most helicopters."[1]
The main foreign competitor is the Brimstone missile built by a Boeing and MBDA team. For the JAGM, Boeing-Raytheon would use the Brimstone body with a new rocket motor subcontracted to ATK, Raytheon’s XM1111 Medium Range Munition guided tank shell software, and CMTS. CMTS was also part of the cancelled Future Combat Systems non-line-of-sight missile. CMTS would be upgraded for JAGM production.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 JAGM: Joint Common Missile Program Fired - But Not Forgotten, Defense Industry Daily, 15 September 2010