TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon
Company (NYSE: RTN) completed a successful captive flight test of a
seeker designed for the Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile. The
seeker will enable Tomahawk to engage moving targets on land and at
sea.
Using company-funded, independent research and development, the
test was conducted with a modified Tomahawk missile nose cone
mounted on a T-39 test aircraft and equipped with a seeker
integrated with Raytheon's new, modular, multi-mode processor. Over
a three-week period, the aircraft flew profiles that simulated the
Tomahawk flight regime, aiming at moving targets on land and in the
maritime environment.
"Tomahawk is evolving to meet the U.S. Navy's need to add
offensive punch and expand the overall power of the fleet
worldwide," said Mike Jarrett,
Raytheon Air Warfare Systems vice president. "The seeker test has
successfully demonstrated the superior capability and maturity of
our seeker technology against a variety of targets that resemble
today's threats."
U.S. surface combatants and submarines require a robust,
long-range strike capability to defeat emerging mobile threats.
Since 2005, Raytheon Missile Systems has invested heavily in seeker
technology development for Tomahawk to detect, discriminate and
engage moving maritime and land-based targets, in all-weather at
significant tactical stand-off range.
In June, 2014, RMS successfully demonstrated seeker components
in a similar captive flight test. The December, 2015, captive
flight test of the seeker demonstrated Technology Readiness Level 6
(Prototype in Representative Environment) of the seeker components
needed to meet the moving land and maritime strike requirements.
These improvements enhance the current Tomahawk long-range
precision strike/land attack role.
About Tomahawk Block IV
With a range of approximately
1,000 statute miles, the Tomahawk Block IV missile is a surface-
and submarine-launched, precision strike, stand-off weapon.
Tomahawk is designed for long-range precision strike missions
against high-value and heavily defended targets. More than 2,000
Tomahawks have been employed in combat. More than 500
Tomahawk flight and production validation tests have been
completed. The missile is integrated on all major U.S.
surface combatants, as well as U.S. and U.K. sub-surface platforms,
including the Los Angeles,
Virginia, Ohio, Astute and Trafalgar class
submarines.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2014 sales of
$23 billion and 61,000 employees
worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in
defense, civil government and cybersecurity markets
throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 93
years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission
systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing;
effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence
systems, as well as cybersecurity and a broad range of mission
support services. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham,
Mass. For more about Raytheon, visit us at www.raytheon.com
and follow us on Twitter @raytheon.
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