5in Rolling Airframe Missile
Abstract
The Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) program is an international cooperative program with the government of the Federal Republic of Germany. The purpose of this program is to develop, test, and field a surface-to-air self-defense system consisting of both a missile launcher and dual mode, passive radio frequency/infrared seeker missiles. The baseline RAM Block 2 missile upgrade program is a cooperative requirement of the U.S. and Federal Republic of Germany and agreed to in a signed international Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The RAM Block 2 missile defends against emerging, highly maneuverable Anti-Ship Cruise Missile (ASCM) threats utilizing advanced seekers while maintaining all the proven capabilities of previous RAM Block 0/1/1A's accurate terminal guidance, proven lethality, and post launch fire and forget capability. The RAM Block 2 missile is being further upgraded, referred to as the RAM Block 2A Fire Control Loop Improvement Project (FCLIP) ECP, via software only modifications to the missile and launcher to improve performance against multi-threat raid attacks. The latest RAM Block 2 upgrade, referred to as RAM Block 2B Raid ECP will provide an upgraded infrared seeker and Missile-to-Missile Link (MML) capability to counter emerging complex raid attacks. Development and flight testing of the RAM Block 2B Raid ECP will occur through FY 2022. RAM FY 2023 through FY 2027 efforts will focus on integration efforts with the new Combat Systems baselines for Aircraft Carriers and Amphibious platforms (Ship Self Defense System Baseline (SSDS BL) 12 - RAM Integration) to include electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) testing to verify all RAM variants can be loaded and fired from SSDS platforms. Additionally, efforts will correct issues found during RAM Block 2B development flight tests and include evolutionary agile development that delivers critical missile software based capability packages to counter emerging threats such as hypersonic weapons.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 0167_0604756N_5_1319_PB_2023
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