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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Raytheon, US Navy begin JSOW C-1 integrated testing

F/A-18F Super Hornet |The U.S. Navy has begun integrated testing (IT) of Raytheon Company's Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1.

During its first flight in IT, the JSOW C-1 was retargeted to strike a large moving ship target.

"This flight test further demonstrates that JSOW C-1 can receive third party target updates in-flight, retarget after release, and strike a precise point on a moving ship using the weapon's autonomous terminal seeker," said Cmdr. Samuel Hanaki of the U.S. Navy's Precision Strike Weapons Program Office.

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