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  • US Navy's Joint Standoff Weapon undergoes captive flight-test

    04/02/2010 10:55:14 PM PDT · by ErnstStavroBlofeld · 4 replies · 406+ views
    Brahmand.com ^ | 3/02/2010 | Brahmand.com
    ): 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...