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Sea-Air-Space 2015: Lockheed Martin’s JAGM - Ready Now for Tomorrow’s Navy

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Sea-Air-Space 2015: Lockheed Martin’s JAGM - Ready Now for Tomorrow’s Navy
 
By Xavier Vavasseur

Navy Recognition just got briefed on Lockheed Martin's JAGM during the Navy League’s 2015 Sea-Air-Space Exposition currently held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland. Recently, Lockheed Martin delivered its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) proposal to the U.S. Army. Currently, the U.S. Navy is participating in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development/Low Rate Initial Production (EMD/LRIP) program and has funded plans to make the U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Cobra a threshold platform for JAGM.

The U.S. Government is expected to award the JAGM EMD/LRIP contract later this year. Additionally, the U.S. Army target date for Initial Operational Capability (IOC) is 2018.
     
Navy Recognition just got briefed on Lockheed Martin's JAGM during the Navy League’s 2015 Sea-Air-Space Exposition currently held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland. Recently, Lockheed Martin delivered its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) proposal to the U.S. Army. Currently, the U.S. Navy is participating in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development/Low Rate Initial Production (EMD/LRIP) program and has funded plans...The Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), an air-to-surface missile, will be used by the Joint Service Rotary Wing and Unmanned Aircraft Systems to destroy stationary, moving and relocatable land and maritime targets from standoff range in day, night, adverse weather and obscured battlefield conditions. Picture: Lockheed Martin
     
In 2012, Lockheed Martin was awarded a Continued Technology Development (CTD) contract to complete design, test and demonstration phases for the JAGM guidance section. Lockheed Martin has been the only contractor to continue work on its low-risk JAGM solution for the CTD program since 2013.

Navy Recognition learned that the CTD phase helped identify possible risks and establish a set of requirements prior to entering EMD. Through CTD, Lockheed Martin optimized its JAGM design for EMD, and produced a fully qualified guidance section design. The company is currently completing the CTD phase of the JAGM program, having successfully delivered all JAGM guidance sections to support the U.S. Government’s System Qualification Testing of the JAGM guidance section.
     
Navy Recognition just got briefed on Lockheed Martin's JAGM during the Navy League’s 2015 Sea-Air-Space Exposition currently held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland. Recently, Lockheed Martin delivered its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) proposal to the U.S. Army. Currently, the U.S. Navy is participating in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development/Low Rate Initial Production (EMD/LRIP) program and has funded plans...Picture: Lockheed Martin
     
Lockheed Martin’s production-ready JAGM multi-mode guidance section design offers a Millimeter Wave (MMW) seeker and a Semi-Active Laser (SAL) seeker in one guidance section for enhanced performance on tomorrow’s battlefield. This capability gives not only laser point designation capability, but also offers the Navy the ability to engage moving targets in adverse weather without the need to keep the laser on the target throughout engagement. These newly integrated sensors have been mated with the AGM-114R missile body and demonstrated during multiple flight tests.
     
JAGM could be integrated to support maritime missions upon depletion of the LONGBOW missile inventory that is currently being integrated onto the Littoral Combat Ship. Picture: Lockheed MartinJAGM could be integrated to support maritime missions upon depletion of the LONGBOW missile inventory that is currently being integrated onto the Littoral Combat Ship. Picture: Lockheed Martin
     
Another advantage of the JAGM system is its compatibility across multiple platforms. When paired with the AGM-114R missile body, Lockheed Martin’s JAGM can easily be integrated with the MH-60R, or any platform that utilizes the M299 launcher. Additionally, JAGM could be integrated to support maritime missions upon depletion of the LONGBOW missile inventory that is currently being integrated onto the Littoral Combat Ship.

Lockheed Martin’s multi-mode JAGM guidance section will be manufactured on an existing production line. The modularity and open architecture of Lockheed Martin’s JAGM design ensure continued affordability and readiness to support the future increments and system upgrades.

Lockheed Martin’s proposed JAGM multi-mode weapon will provide warfighters with enhanced performance on tomorrow’s battlefield. Through successful flight testing, Lockheed Martin has designed, qualified and demonstrated that its JAGM guidance section exceeds the Army’s requirement without added risk or cost.