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Raytheon Missile Systems NLOS-LS PAM Missile
Date posted: 07/28/2009*
NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, completed the first moving target test flight of the Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System’s Precision Attack Missile.
The PAM missile, launched from the NLOS-LS Container Launch Unit (CLU), used the on-board, uncooled imaging infrared seeker to detect and track a moving T-72 tank traveling with other vehicles. The result was a direct hit at a range of 9 kilometers (5.6 statute miles).
“NLOS-LS is designed to defeat both stationary and moving targets. The demonstration of this capability is a significant milestone for the program,” said Scott Speet, executive vice president of NetFires LLC and Raytheon’s NLOS-LS program director. “Previous guided test flights have succeeded in direct hits against stationary targets. Today’s test proved this weapon will provide the warfighter with platform-independent, networked fires with immediate and responsive precision against moving targets.”
During the test, the PAM missile joined the network with its onboard radio, operated as a node on the net throughout the flight and sent back a terminal target image to the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System.
"The ability of the PAM missile to defeat a moving target is a first for the U.S. Army," said Col. Doug Dever, the U.S. Army's NLOS-LS project manager. "Once fielded, NLOS-LS is going to give soldiers in the BCTs and sailors on littoral combat ships the ability to precisely engage moving targets -- a capability they’ve never had before.”
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