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Missile Systems Joint Standoff Weapon C-1
Date posted: 01/28/2009*
The U.S. Navy tested a new Raytheon Company shaped-charge warhead being considered for the Joint Standoff Weapon C-1. The new warhead delivers the same effect as the warhead currently planned for the JSOW C-1 at a reduced cost to the warfighter.
“Cost reduction is critical to JSOW’s success,” said Cmdr. Andrew Kessler, deputy program manager for JSOW in the U.S. Navy’s Precision Strike Weapons program office. “We’re always on the lookout for new opportunities to maintain or improve weapon capability for the warfighter at reduced cost to the taxpayer.”
The U.S. Navy and Raytheon funded the demonstration and used proprietary warhead technology developed by Raytheon. It was the second demonstration of this technology on the JSOW; the first took place in late 2007.
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