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Friday, May 25, 2007

New Raytheon-Built Joint Standoff Weapon Will Hit Moving Maritime Targets

Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.usRaytheon Companyhas received a $93.7 million Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) contract to develop the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) AGM-154C1 (formerly JSOW Block III).

The new JSOW variant,scheduled to be produced in 2009, will provide U.S. Navy warfighters with a capability against moving maritime targets.

"This contract award represents a major step forward in providing the Navy fleet pilots with much-needed capability against moving ship targets," said John O'Brien, Raytheon's JSOW program director.

"The results of detailed trade studies performed by the NAVAIR-Raytheon team enabled
Raytheon to develop an initial architecture and initial mission effectiveness assessments for this new JSOW variant.

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