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Raytheon contracted for AMRAAM platform integration
by Geoff Ziezulewicz
Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2016


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Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a $28 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for integration of the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, or AMRAAM, onto various Air Force and Navy aircraft platforms.

The contract involves facilitating several new task orders for integration onto the F-16 Block 30, the F-35, the F-15 Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System, the F-16 Active Electronically Scanned Array, the AMRAAM Real Time Integration Simulator and multiple F/A-18 configurations.

Work is expected to be completed by January 2020, with work being done in Texas, Florida, Utah, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Missouri, Washington, Maryland and Arizona.

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is the contracting activity.

Network-enabled JSOW C-1 delivered to Navy
Patuxent River, Md. (UPI) Jun 21, 2016 -The U.S. Navy's first air-to-ground network-enabled weapon, the Joint Standoff Weapon, or JSOW, C-1, was delivered to the fleet after achieving initial operational capability earlier this month.

The Raytheon-built weapon completed operational testing against sea and land targets, providing more lethality and accuracy for deployed air wings, Naval Air Systems Command said in a statement.

This iteration of JSOW is integrated with a Link 16 network radio, allowing the weapon to engage moving maritime targets.

The two-way datalink allows the F/A-18E/F and F-35A/C launch aircraft or another controller to provide real-time target updates to the weapon, shift it to a different target or abort the mission.

It will also allow enemy engagement from longer distances and offer the flexibility for direct attack even if enemy air defenses deny access to the jets.


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