AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon
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The AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) is a
Development
The JSOW is a
Originally the JSOW was developed by Defense Systems & Electronics division of Texas Instruments. After a first flight, funded by the company in April 1991, a joint program between the US Navy and the US Air Force was awarded. Two other teams had bid on the contract. Texas Instruments sold its defense division to Raytheon in January 1997.
US Navy commenced Operational Evaluation (OPEVAL) in February 1997 and JSOW entered operational service in January 1999. The Joint
The JSOW is just over 410 centimetres (160 in) in length and weighs about 450 kilograms (1,000 lb). The JSOW was originally to be delivered in three variants, each of which uses a common air vehicle, or truck, while substituting various payloads. The AGM-154A (JSOW-A) entered service in 1999. US Navy and Air Force developed the AGM-154B (JSOW B) up until Multi-Service Operational Test & Evaluation (MOT&E) but the Navy decided not to procure the weapon when the Air Force left the program. The AGM-154C (JSOW BROACH) entered service in February 2005.
During the 1990s JSOW was considered to be one of the most successful development programs in DOD history.[6] The system was introduced to operational use a year ahead of schedule. Unlike most guided weapons and aircraft, the system never had a weight management problem, and was deployed at its target weight. The system introduced a new type of fuze, but was able to obtain authority from an independent safety review in record time. Many observers credited these accomplishments to the management style chosen by the DOD and Texas Instruments. After a competitive selection, the program staff was organized into integrated product teams with members from the government, the prime contractor Texas Instruments, and subcontractors. In one case, the prime contractor determined that the best-in-class supplier for a design service was the government, and gave part of its funding back. JSOW was recognized in 1996 with a Laurels Award from Aviation Week & Space Technology. It is notable for a guided weapon to receive this award, which is normally reserved for much larger systems. Because of this history, JSOW has been used as a case study for development programs, and for Integrated Product Teams, and is sometimes cited in academic research on program management[citation needed].
Variants
AGM-154A (baseline JSOW)
The warhead of the AGM-154A consists of 145 BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb (CEB) submunitions. These bomblets have a shaped charge for armor defeating capability, a fragmenting case for material destruction, and a zirconium ring for incendiary effects.
AGM-154B (anti-armor)
The warhead for the AGM-154B is the
AGM-154C (unitary variant)
The AGM-154C uses an Imaging Infrared (IIR) terminal seeker with autonomous guidance. The AGM-154C carries the BROACH warhead. This two stage 225 kg (500 lb) warhead is made up from a WDU-44 shaped augmenting warhead and a WDU-45 follow through bomb. The weapon is designed to attack hardened targets. It entered service with the US Navy in February 2005.
Production and upgrades
Full rate production started on December 29, 1999. In June 2000 Raytheon was contracted to develop an enhanced electronics package for the JSOW to prevent electronic spoofing of GPS signals. This ultimately resulted in the JSOW Block II weapon, incorporating multiple cost reduction initiatives in addition to the Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) capability. JSOW Block II was scheduled to begin production in March 2007.
The JSOW contains a modular control and deployment interface that allows future enhancement and additional configurations since it is likely that additional variants will emerge. The basic airframe is advertised as a "truck" and the JSOW-as-a-truck capability is widely advertised. Raytheon has placed a tremendous investment in the JSOW program and will certainly try to extend the Department of Defense contracts for as long as possible with system upgrades and repackagings for new missions and targets.
JSOW Block III (JSOW-C1)
The AGM-154C-1 was scheduled to begin production in 2009.
AGM-154A-1 (JSOW-A1)
In addition, the AGM-154A-1 configuration is under development by Raytheon for FMS sales. This version replaces the submunition payload of the AGM-154A with a BLU-111 warhead to enhance blast-fragmentation effects without the unexploded ordnance (UXO) concerns with the
Powered JSOW (JSOW-ER)
A Pratt & Whitney TJ-150 turbojet engine for a powered JSOW is being tested. This variant is named JSOW-ER, where "ER" is for "extended range". JSOW-ER will increase range from 130 to 560 kilometres (70 to 300 nmi).[12][13][14] In February, 2019, the US Navy announced that it would issue a sole-source contract to Raytheon to build an improved JSOW-ER to be placed in service by the end of FY2023.[15]
The
Combat history
The AGM-154A was the first variant to be used in combat. The AGM-154A is usually used for
Operators
Current operators
- Australia[19] – AGM-154C upgraded to Block III[20]
- Canada[21]
- Finland[22]
- Greece[23]
- Morocco[24]
- Netherlands
- Poland[25]
- Qatar[26]
- Saudi Arabia[27]
- Singapore
- Taiwan[28]
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates[27]
- United States
- Side notes
- USAF terminated production of JSOW in FY 2005, leaving the USN and USMC as the only U.S. services obtaining new JSOWs.[29]
- According to a test report conducted by the United States Navy's Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board (WSESRB) established in the wake of the 1967 USS Forrestal fire, the cooking offtime for a JSOW is approximately 2 minutes 11 seconds.
General characteristics
- Primary Function: Air-to-surface Standoff from Point Defense (SOPD) weapon, for use against a variety of targets.
- Contractor: Raytheon Co.
- Guidance: INS (Global Position/Inertial), Terminal infrared homingSeeker (unique to 'C' model)
- Length: 410 centimetres (160 in)
- Diameter: box shaped 33 centimetres (13 in) on a side / other source 40.6 x 51.9 cm
- Weight: From 483 to 497 kilograms (1,065 to 1,095 lb)
- Wingspan: 270 centimetres (106 in)
- Aircraft Compatibility:
- Navy: F/A-18E/F
- Air Force: F-35A
- Other: JAS 39 Gripen
- Navy:
- Range:
- Low altitude launch - 12 nmi (22 km)
- High altitude launch - 70 nmi (130 km)
- Warhead(s):
- Unit Cost:
- AUPP AGM-154A, $282,000. Total program cost: $3,327,000.
- AGM-154B, $484,167. Total program cost: $2,033,500.
- AGM-154C, $719,012. Total program cost: $5,608,000.
- Date Deployed: January 1999[30]
See also
- Cruise missile
- AGM-158 JASSM
- Storm Shadow/SCALP EG
- Bombkapsel 90
- KEPD 350
- Saber
- HOPE/HOSBO
- KGGB
- H-2 SOW
- H-4 SOW
- Wan Chien
References
- Notes
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- ^ "Raytheon Makes First International Joint Standoff Weapon Sale to Turkey - Raytheon press release". prnewswire.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Raytheon: JSOW Weapon System". www.raytheon.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "AGM-154 JSOW Wins US DoD Acquisition Award". Defenseindustrydaily.com. 2006-02-27. Archived from the original on 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
- ^ "Raytheon Delivers 2,000th Joint Standoff Weapon".
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- ^ VIDEO: Raytheon Demo-Flies Powered JSOW Oct 30, 2009
- ^ "Joint Standoff Weapon Extended Range (JSOW-ER)". fbo.gov. Archived from the original on 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
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