What is a JSOW missile?

What is a JSOW missile?

The JSOW® weapon, also called Joint Standoff Weapon, is the U.S. Navy’s newest medium-range, precision strike standoff system. JSOW comprises a family of low-cost, air-to-ground missiles that use a GPS-inertial navigation system and thermal imaging infrared seeker.

What does JSOW use for mid course guidance?

The JSOW uses inertial and global positioning system for midcourse navigation and imaging infra-red and datalink for terminal homing. The JSOW is just over 13 feet in length and weighs between 1000-1500 pounds.

What is a standoff munition?

Standoff weapons are missiles or bombs which may be launched from a distance sufficient to allow attacking personnel to evade defensive fire from the target area. Typically, they are used against land- and sea-based targets in an offensive operation.

How much does a Jsow cost?

What is AJ dam?

The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or “dumb bombs”, into all-weather precision-guided munitions. The JDAM is not a stand-alone weapon; rather it is a “bolt-on” guidance package that converts unguided gravity bombs into precision-guided munitions (PGMs).

What does JDAM bomb mean?

Joint Direct Attack Munition
The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or “dumb bombs”, into all-weather precision-guided munitions. The JDAM is not a stand-alone weapon; rather it is a “bolt-on” guidance package that converts unguided gravity bombs into precision-guided munitions (PGMs).

What aircraft drops Jdams?

A B-1B Lancer flying out of Edwards AFB, Calif., on Feb. 11 dropped a satellite-guided joint direct attack munition, or JDAM, at China Lake test range.

Can JDAM hit a moving target?

Test drops from F-15E and F-16 aircraft have shown laser-equipped JDAM bombs can engage and destroy targets moving at up to 70 miles per hour (110 km per hour), Boeing said. The basic JDAM tail kit turns free-falling bombs into what the military calls precision-guided smart bombs.

What aircraft drops JDAMs?

What are JDAM bombs?

How does a JDAM bomb work?

In the air, the JDAM’s GPS receiver processes signals from GPS satellites to keep track of its own position. As with other smart bombs, the control system adjusts the flight fins to “steer” the bomb in the right direction. When everything goes exactly right, the bombs generally hit within a few feet of their targets.

What is a 2000 lb JDAM?

JDAM is a guided air-to-surface weapon that uses either the 2,000-pound BLU-109/MK 84, the 1,000-pound BLU-110/MK 83 or the 500-pound BLU-111/MK 82 warhead as the payload. JDAM enables multiple weapons to be directed against single or multiple targets on a single pass.

What is the range of the JSOW missile?

The missile can reach up to a kinematic range of 130km when launched from an altitude of 40,000ft. The JSOW has a length of 4.1m, wingspan of 2.69m and a diameter of 33.02cm (box-shaped, on a side). The weight of the missile is about 475kg.

Is the JSOW-ER a viable alternative to the AGM-158B JASSM-extended range?

The powered JSOW would still have a significantly shorter range than the AGM-158B JASSM-Extended Range, or JASSM-ER, though. By the same token, JSOW-ER, with its moving target engagement capability, might be able to act as a low-cost anti-ship missile compared to the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).

What engine is in the JSOW-ER?

The JSOW-ER, a powered version of the JSOW, is operated by a Hamilton-Sundstrand TJ-150 engine. The engine can be easily integrated on the back section of the JSOW, and provides an extended range of 300nmi.

Is the JSOW-ER a cost-effective alternative to air-launched cruise missiles?

The JSOW-ER offers all of this capability in a package this is likely to be a cost-effective alternative to larger air-launched cruise missiles, such as Lockheed Martin’s AGM-158A Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM).