Harpoon Modifications

Abstract

The Harpoon Block III Weapons System was intended to upgrade and expand the capabilities of the Navy's only anti-ship, all weather missile to improve its precision in a congested, littoral environment. Modification of the RGM-84D and AGM-84D Harpoon 1C baseline missile will provide for Global Positioning System (GPS) accuracy, target selectivity in a littoral environment, and in-flight target position update solutions as well as positive terminal control. It would provide total organic capability (i.e. Autonomous Surface Group capability). Specific improvements would enable significant target discrimination as well as minimized target-to-shore separation capability, Battle Hit Indications (BHI), connectivity with future network architecture, and Land Blanking capability. Harpoon Block III would provide for a concept of operations that will take advantage of existing Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Platform target detection and target/weapon position updates (i.e. UAV, Helo, Fixed wing). The Department of the Navy cancelled the Harpoon Blk III program via Acquisition Decision Memorandum dated 14 April 2009. Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Development and Acquisition directed the use FY2009 funds to execute an orderly program cancellation and fund external program linkages cost share commitments (F/A-18 H8E Operational Flight Program (OFP), Next Generation Command and Control Processor (NGC2P) and Strike Common Weapon Data Link (SCWDL)). Additionally, PEO(U&W) was directed to coordinate with OPNAV N4 to resource those tasks required to ensure Harpoon Block IC sustainment of current fleet readiness. The Air Harpoon Shipping Container (MK607) has been identified as a degrader to current fleet readiness due to moisture intrusion problems which have resulted in the total loss of 30 missiles since 1998.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Source ID
0604227N_7_1319_PB_2011
Change Summary Explanation
Technical: Not applicable. Schedule: Not applicable. FY11 from previous President's Budget is shown as zero because no FY11-15 data was presented in President's Budget 2010.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Cancellation
  • Command And Control
  • Control Systems
  • Data Links
  • Detection
  • Environment
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Network Architecture
  • Shipping Containers
  • Simulators
  • Software Design
  • Tactical Training
  • Target Detection
  • Target Discrimination
  • Terminals
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers

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