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Lockheed clarifies JAGM program
16 Apr 2010 8ak/Lockheed. In response to an 8ak reader's query whether the recent Hellfire II test was refering to JAGM, Janina Rivera from Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control team clarified that the two programs are very different and clarified:
The JAGM Technology Development program is being conducted by the U.S. Armys Joint Attack Munition Systems Project Office in Huntsville, AL, to replace the currently fielded HELLFIRE, Longbow, Airborne TOW and Maverick missiles for the U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps. JAGM provides the next-generation air-to-ground missile for employment from the services rotary-wing, fixed-wing and unmanned platforms.
JAGM will answer all eight critical capability gaps that have been validated and revalidated by the DoD Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC). They are:
1. Time Sensitive Moving Targets
2. High-Value Covered/Sheltered Targets
3. Dirty Battlefield/Countermeasures Environment
4. Austere Comms/Designator Environment
5. High Risk to Designator Environment
6. Logistics Simplicity
7. High Speed Water Craft/Patrol Craft and Non-Traditional Target Set
8. Adverse Weather/Low Ceiling
9. Reliability
Lockheed Martins JAGM has a tri-mode seeker modes include semi-active laser, imaging infrared and millimeter radar. We have successfully conducted over 6,000 hours of seeker testing including successful captive carry flight tests. We have also demonstrated all of the required sensor modes simultaneously and are very pleased with the performance. Recent tests of the tri-mode seeker in a limited dirty battlefield/countermeasure rich environment successfully validated the capability and technical maturity of the Lockheed Martin tri-mode seeker. Having fully operational tri-mode seeker hardware this early in the program allows us to continue validating our software integration and test procedures. Seeker maturity is a key component to controlling program risk and ensuring an affordable, producible and supportable product.
With twice the range of the HELLFIRE motor, the Aerojet rocket motor used in the Lockheed Martin JAGM team offering has successfully met all three key motor requirements using one motor system: minimum/maximum range; minimum smoke; and hot/cold temperature thresholds. Our teams rocket motor will perform even in the most extreme fixed-wing environments. We continue to demonstrate the low-risk, operational maturity of our JAGM system.
The Lockheed Martin JAGM team is on track for the System PDR in June 2010.
8ak - Indian Defence News
16 Apr 2010 8ak/Lockheed. In response to an 8ak reader's query whether the recent Hellfire II test was refering to JAGM, Janina Rivera from Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control team clarified that the two programs are very different and clarified:
The JAGM Technology Development program is being conducted by the U.S. Armys Joint Attack Munition Systems Project Office in Huntsville, AL, to replace the currently fielded HELLFIRE, Longbow, Airborne TOW and Maverick missiles for the U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps. JAGM provides the next-generation air-to-ground missile for employment from the services rotary-wing, fixed-wing and unmanned platforms.
JAGM will answer all eight critical capability gaps that have been validated and revalidated by the DoD Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC). They are:
1. Time Sensitive Moving Targets
2. High-Value Covered/Sheltered Targets
3. Dirty Battlefield/Countermeasures Environment
4. Austere Comms/Designator Environment
5. High Risk to Designator Environment
6. Logistics Simplicity
7. High Speed Water Craft/Patrol Craft and Non-Traditional Target Set
8. Adverse Weather/Low Ceiling
9. Reliability
Lockheed Martins JAGM has a tri-mode seeker modes include semi-active laser, imaging infrared and millimeter radar. We have successfully conducted over 6,000 hours of seeker testing including successful captive carry flight tests. We have also demonstrated all of the required sensor modes simultaneously and are very pleased with the performance. Recent tests of the tri-mode seeker in a limited dirty battlefield/countermeasure rich environment successfully validated the capability and technical maturity of the Lockheed Martin tri-mode seeker. Having fully operational tri-mode seeker hardware this early in the program allows us to continue validating our software integration and test procedures. Seeker maturity is a key component to controlling program risk and ensuring an affordable, producible and supportable product.
With twice the range of the HELLFIRE motor, the Aerojet rocket motor used in the Lockheed Martin JAGM team offering has successfully met all three key motor requirements using one motor system: minimum/maximum range; minimum smoke; and hot/cold temperature thresholds. Our teams rocket motor will perform even in the most extreme fixed-wing environments. We continue to demonstrate the low-risk, operational maturity of our JAGM system.
The Lockheed Martin JAGM team is on track for the System PDR in June 2010.
8ak - Indian Defence News
