Raytheon-Boeing demonstrates JAGM for Super Hornet
The Raytheon-Boeing offering features a Boeing body and warhead combined with a Raytheon tri-mode seeker.
Caption: F-18 Super Hornet
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TUCSON, (BNS): Raytheon-Boeing has demonstrated that their Joint Air-to-Ground Missile model can be employed from Super Hornet.
The team successfully completed wind tunnel testing of the JAGM proving that the JAGM can be flown and employed from the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet's outboard wing station, Raytheon said in a release.
The Raytheon-Boeing offering features a Boeing body and warhead combined with a Raytheon tri-mode seeker.
The tri-mode seeker, which leverages the same technology used on the Raytheon GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II, enables the weapon to attack a variety of fixed and moving targets in all weather conditions.
"The warfighter can place a full Raytheon-Boeing JAGM missile load on the outer wing stations, enabling the system to safely exceed the objective load-out requirement on the Super Hornet," said Bob Francois, Raytheon vice president of Advanced Missiles and Unmanned Systems.
"Boeing has a long history of integrating weapons on platforms like the Super Hornet and the AH-64D Apache helicopter," said Carl Avila, Boeing director of Advanced Weapons and Missile Systems.
"Combining that with Raytheon's seeker expertise makes our JAGM the lowest-risk and most cost-effective solution."
The team successfully completed wind tunnel testing of the JAGM proving that the JAGM can be flown and employed from the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet's outboard wing station, Raytheon said in a release.
The Raytheon-Boeing offering features a Boeing body and warhead combined with a Raytheon tri-mode seeker.
The tri-mode seeker, which leverages the same technology used on the Raytheon GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II, enables the weapon to attack a variety of fixed and moving targets in all weather conditions.
"The warfighter can place a full Raytheon-Boeing JAGM missile load on the outer wing stations, enabling the system to safely exceed the objective load-out requirement on the Super Hornet," said Bob Francois, Raytheon vice president of Advanced Missiles and Unmanned Systems.
"Boeing has a long history of integrating weapons on platforms like the Super Hornet and the AH-64D Apache helicopter," said Carl Avila, Boeing director of Advanced Weapons and Missile Systems.
"Combining that with Raytheon's seeker expertise makes our JAGM the lowest-risk and most cost-effective solution."
