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PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii — Raytheon Co.’s Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) successfully engaged five targets and shattered its previous maximum engagement range record, set in June of 2014, the company announced in a March 7 release.
This test series, supported by the Cooperative Engagement Capability, validated the tactical warfighting capability of SM-6 by demonstrating both maximum down-range and a maximum cross-range intercepts in over-the-horizon, engage-on-remote missions.
“These tests demonstrate the full warfighting potential of SM-6 and its proven multimission value,” said Dr. Taylor Lawrence, Raytheon Missile Systems president. “The versatility of SM-6 makes it deployable on 60 surface combatants in the fleet, providing additional layers of capability and protection.”
The guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, configured with Aegis Baseline 9.C1, executed the series of four missions with five SM-6 missiles for Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation, part of the final testing leading to a likely declaration of Full Operational Capability in 2017.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley was on station to perform as the Aegis assist ship for the engage-on-remote missions. The tests also proved the ability of SM-6 to conduct complex, multiple target scenarios.
In a separate release, Raytheon reported an SM-6 fired by John Pail Jones had successfully engaged a surface target — the decommissioned frigate Reuben James — in a recent flight test to demonstrate the Navy’s concept of “distributed lethality,” employing ships in dispersed formations to increase the offensive might of the surface force and enabling future options for the joint force commander.
The mission validated that the legacy Anti-Surface Warfare capability of the SM-2 family of missiles and the Mk7 Aegis Weapon System had successfully carried over to SM-6 and the latest Aegis Destroyer baseline 9. In recent testing, SM-6 has shown expanded mission capability in three key areas: Anti-Air Warfare, Sea-Based Terminal and Anti-Surface Warfare. The tri-mission capability of SM-6 continues to emphasize its value by providing additional capability beyond its original intended mission.
SM-6 is a key component of the U.S. Navy’s Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air mission, providing U.S. Navy Sailors and their vessels extended range protection against fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise and ballistic missiles.
The SM-6 deployed for the first time in 2013, and Raytheon has delivered more than 250 missiles. The missile’s final assembly takes place at Raytheon’s state-of-the-art SM-6 and SM-3 all-up-round production facility at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala.
SEAPOWER Magazine Online
This test series, supported by the Cooperative Engagement Capability, validated the tactical warfighting capability of SM-6 by demonstrating both maximum down-range and a maximum cross-range intercepts in over-the-horizon, engage-on-remote missions.
“These tests demonstrate the full warfighting potential of SM-6 and its proven multimission value,” said Dr. Taylor Lawrence, Raytheon Missile Systems president. “The versatility of SM-6 makes it deployable on 60 surface combatants in the fleet, providing additional layers of capability and protection.”
The guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, configured with Aegis Baseline 9.C1, executed the series of four missions with five SM-6 missiles for Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation, part of the final testing leading to a likely declaration of Full Operational Capability in 2017.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley was on station to perform as the Aegis assist ship for the engage-on-remote missions. The tests also proved the ability of SM-6 to conduct complex, multiple target scenarios.
In a separate release, Raytheon reported an SM-6 fired by John Pail Jones had successfully engaged a surface target — the decommissioned frigate Reuben James — in a recent flight test to demonstrate the Navy’s concept of “distributed lethality,” employing ships in dispersed formations to increase the offensive might of the surface force and enabling future options for the joint force commander.
The mission validated that the legacy Anti-Surface Warfare capability of the SM-2 family of missiles and the Mk7 Aegis Weapon System had successfully carried over to SM-6 and the latest Aegis Destroyer baseline 9. In recent testing, SM-6 has shown expanded mission capability in three key areas: Anti-Air Warfare, Sea-Based Terminal and Anti-Surface Warfare. The tri-mission capability of SM-6 continues to emphasize its value by providing additional capability beyond its original intended mission.
SM-6 is a key component of the U.S. Navy’s Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air mission, providing U.S. Navy Sailors and their vessels extended range protection against fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise and ballistic missiles.
The SM-6 deployed for the first time in 2013, and Raytheon has delivered more than 250 missiles. The missile’s final assembly takes place at Raytheon’s state-of-the-art SM-6 and SM-3 all-up-round production facility at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala.
SEAPOWER Magazine Online