Lockheed Martin’s JAGM Goes Two for Two in Latest Flight Tests
Citat:Lockheed Martin demonstrated its multi-mode Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), engaging two laser-designated stationary targets during recent Government-led flight tests at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
In the first test, the missile flew four kilometers, engaged its precision-strike, semi-active laser and hit the stationary target.
During the second flight, the missile flew four kilometers, acquired the target using its precision strike, semi-active laser while simultaneously tracking the target with its millimeter wave radar, and hit the stationary target.
Britanci ustupaju svoje Paveway IV saudijcima
RAF Bombs Diverted to Saudis for Yemen Strikes
Citat: Britain is transferring Paveway IV precision guided bombs originally earmarked for the Royal Air Force to Saudi Arabia to enable the Gulf state to build stocks of the weapon being used against targets in Yemen and Syria, sources here said.
The Ministry of Defence has swapped delivery positions on the production line at Raytheon UK to ensure the Saudi Royal Air Force has weapon stocks to continue strike missions with the highly accurate 500-pound bomb.
The RAF will receive Paveway IVs coming off the production line at a later date to replace the diverted weapons, said a source familiar with the situation.
Citat:Crane Army Ammunition Activity, or CAAA, is supporting U.S. and coalition warfighters conducting airstrikes in Operation Inherent Resolve, the effort to eliminate threats posed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, and other terrorist groups in the region of Iraq and Syria, by being the primary facility for renovating the Navy's general purpose aircraft bomb inventory.
Naval Air Systems Command, or NAVAIR, which manages the inventory used by the Navy in training and combat roles, depends on the Army at the land-locked site to renovate its Mark 80 series and penetrator bombs carried by planes such as the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the F/A-18E Super Hornet.
The 500-, 1000- and 2000-pound bombs have no shelf life, with some still in storage manufactured as far back as the Vietnam War-era, but periodic renovation is needed to keep the Navy's stock up-to-date. These munitions can be assembled into multiple configurations depending on mission requirements such as weather, drop altitude, speed and the intended target's location or movement. Configurations routinely constructed include the so-called "smart bombs," which can be guided by lasers or other means to a target as well as other fuzed bombs, mines and destructors.
Lockheed Martin Receives JAGM EMD Contract Award From U.S. Army and U.S. Navy
Citat:The U.S. Department of Defense announced that Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control, Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $66,371,639 fixed-price incentive contract with options to develop the Joint-Air-to-Ground Missile (Army-Navy). Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2017.
Citat:The Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), an air-to-surface missile, will be used by the Joint Service Rotary Wing and Unmanned Aircraft Systems to destroy stationary, moving and relocatable land and maritime targets from standoff range in day, night, adverse weather and obscured battlefield conditions
Citat: As operations in Iraq and Syria continue to drive demand for the Hellfire missile, Lockheed Martin has secured an Army contract to develop its successor — one which offers the company hope of blocking competitors Raytheon and MBDA from having even a toehold in the air-to-ground missile market.
