Scout Warrior: Navy Expects Raytheon“™s Air-Launched Weapon to Achieve IOC by March

The U.S. Navy expects the Raytheon-built Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 to achieve initial operational capability by the end of March 2016 after the weapon system completed an initial operational test in February, Scout Warrior reported Wednesday.

Kris Osborn writes JSOW C-1 is an air-to-ground weapon platform designed to be deployed from fighter jets such as F/A-18F Super Hornet to detect and neutralize mobile maritime targets.

The weapon system has a two-way datalink, imaging infrared seeker and a GPS-based inertial measurement guidance tool that work to track and destroy hostile targets during the flight“™s final phase.

Ron Jenkins, director of precision standoff strike mission area at Raytheon, told Scout Warrior that JSOW C-1 and the current JSOW C variant also have a radiofrequency countermeasure system, anti-jamming platform and a tool designed to allow operators to alter the weapon“™s trajectory based on the target“™s disposition.