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Just recently, Raytheon announced that it had finished the work necessary to integrate its AGM-154 Joint Stand-Off Weapon glide bomb, or JSOW, into the internal weapons bays on the U.S. Navy’s F-35C Joint Strike Fighter. It’s an important development, especially given that the service is also developing a powered version with quadruple the range, but half the cost of other available air-launched cruise missiles. Earlier in April 2018, the Massachusetts-headquartered defense contractor declared that the F-35C was fully capable of carrying the AGM-154 internally and that the pairing would now move on to operational testing. The goal is for the...

The Navy will soon deploy a new air-launched, precision-guided weapon able to use a two-way data-link to identify and destroy moving targets at sea, a technology, giving fighters such as the F/A-18 Super Hornet a vastly increased attack envelope against a wider range of threats. Called the AMG-154 Joint Standoff Weapon, or JSOW, the Raytheon-built attack bomb uses GPS technology, inertial measurement unit guidance technology and an imaging infrared seeker in the final phase of flight to find and attack enemy targets. While historically used as a land-attack weapon launched from air-platforms such as fighter jets, new technology allows the...

SINGAPORE: Raytheon offers improved air-launched anti-ship weapons By: Greg Waldron Singapore Raytheon sees an opportunity to upgrade Asia Pacific's air forces with advanced versions of its AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) and AGM-65 Maverick missile, mainly for use in the anti-surface warfare. At the Singapore Airshow, it promoted both an extended range version of JSOW, the JSOW-ER, and the laser-guided version of the Maverick. The company noted an evolving naval threat environment, two features of which are better defensive capabilities on large surface combatants and a greater small boat threat. It said the long-range JSOW-ER can help address the first...

Raytheon 'networked weapon' clears testing hurdle The U.S. Navy has completed developmental testing of Tucson-based Raytheon Missile System's Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1. The conclusion of developmental testing keeps the program on track to reach initial operating capability in 2013, Cmdr. Samuel Hanaki of the U.S. Navy's Precision Strike Weapons program office said in a news release by Raytheon. However, Raytheon has been producing the JSOW C-1 since 2009 under a simultaneous development and production plan. The JSOW C-1, which Raytheon calls "the world's first networked weapon," is the latest version of the unpowered glide bomb. With a range of...

Royal Australian Air Force is First U.S. Ally to Employ JSOW C (Source: Raytheon Company; issued December 6, 2010) WOOMERA, Australia --- The Royal Australian Air Force launched two Raytheon Company Joint Standoff Weapon Cs from the RAAF's new F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, marking the first time a U.S. ally has operationally tested a JSOW C. This test series also marked the first time the JSOW C variant has been employed outside the continental United States. The RAAF also has placed an order for the JSOW C-1, which is currently in production; deliveries are expected to begin in 2011. The JSOW...

): The Joint Standoff Weapon C-1, developed by Raytheon Company for the US Navy, has successfully completed its first captive flight-test from on board an F/A-18E/F fighter aircraft. The air-to-ground weapon system that demonstrated its prowess to operate in challenging flight environment in the latest test, will feature additional functionality so as to make it ready for free-flight test by later this year, Phyllis McEnroe, Raytheon's JSOW programme director, said. The Joint Standoff Weapon is a family of highly-lethal, modular, air-to-ground weapon system designed to ensure warfight survivability by enabling precision strike launches from well beyond enemy defences. The JSOW...

Raytheon launches JSOW-ER talks with Stork Fokker By Stephen Trimble Raytheon is discussing co-development of a powered version of the AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon with Dutch aerospace firm Stork Fokker, with the cruise missile design to offer a range of 555km (300nm). The US company has launched the JSOW-ER programme without a launch order, but hopes the maritime and land attack weapon will attract domestic and foreign customers. The missile will have a unit cost of $350,000, excluding development charges. Stork Fokker is holding "initial licensing discussions", although the nature of its role is not yet determined, says John O'Brien,...

US provides Pak with missiles before Bush visit Press Trust of India Islamabad, March 1, 2006|19:30 IST The US has provided Pakistan Air Force (PAF) with AGM-154 'Beyond Visual Range (BVR)' stand-off missiles, ostensibly to target terrorist hideouts. While state-run news agency said Pakistan has attained another landmark in modern missile technology by producing a joint standoff weapon system capable of hitting "over-the-horizon" targets with accuracy, 'Pakistan Observer' newspaper said the AGM-154 system was provided by US ahead of President George W Bush's visit to the country. According to the daily, the announcement of Pakistan acquiring the BVR missile system...