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Date posted: 10/26/2009*
Raytheon completes free flight of Joint Standoff Weapon Extended Range
Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy completed the first free-flight demonstration of the Joint Standoff Weapon Extended Range. JSOW-ER is a powered variant of the combat-proven glide JSOW, and gives the warfighter a weapon capable of engage moving-maritime targets from as far away as 300 nautical miles (345 statute miles).
“Because JSOW-ER has the same outer mold lines and mass properties of the glide JSOW it can be integrated on any aircraft capable of carrying glide JSOW,” said Harry Schulte, vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems Air Warfare Systems’ product line. “The cost of integration is negligible and the impact is reduced.”
Launched from a U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F fighter aircraft, the JSOW-ER flew more than 260 nautical miles (almost 300 statute miles), meeting all test objectives.
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