Joint Standoff Weapon Systems

Abstract

The Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) is an air-to-ground weapon designed to attack a variety of targets during day, night, and adverse weather conditions. JSOW will enhance aircraft survivability as compared to current interdiction weapon systems by providing the capability for launch aircraft to standoff outside the range of most target area surface-to-air threat systems. The JSOW launch-and-leave capability will allow several target kills per aircraft sortie. The JSOW program first developed a baseline weapon for use against fixed area targets. JSOW is a Navy led joint Navy/Air Force program. The JSOW Baseline (AGM-154A) variant includes a kinematically efficient airframe, an integrated Inertial/Global Positioning System navigation capability, and a BLU-97/B or BLU-111 payload. This weapon was designed up front for pre-planned product improvements. Procurement of JSOW-A in the Future Years Defense Plan is deferred pending a fix to the unexploded ordnance issue or a change in the inventory levels. The JSOW BLU-108 (AGM-154B) variant incorporates the sensor fuze weapon submunition (BLU-108) into the baseline vehicle. Planned production of the JSOW/BLU-108 is deferred pending a change in the threat. The JSOW Unitary (AGM-154C) variant has a terminal seeker, autonomous target acquisition capability, and a broach lethal package to enable the attack of blast/fragmentation and penetration type targets. The JSOW Unitary provides increased accuracy and lethality and the capability for aimpoint selection. Operational Testing of the JSOW-C was successfully completed in December 2004. Approval for Milestone-III/Full Rate Production was granted on 20 December 2004. JSOW-C Initial Operational Capability was achieved in February 2005. FY 2014-2016 includes funding for development, integration, qualification and follow-on developmental and operational test and evaluation of a Network Enabled Weapon moving maritime target capability into the JSOW Unitary weapon (AGM-154C-1). The moving maritime target capability is currently being integrated as an engineering change proposal beginning with FY 2009 procured JSOW-C weapons. The new AGM-154C-1 capability will enable the weapon to be integrated with the network and attack sea moving maritime targets via real-time pre-and post-launch targeting updates. JSOW will continue to conduct analysis and development of solutions to system integration challenges, and continual enhancement of warfighter effectiveness in the employment of the JSOW weapon system. JSOW funding will provide enhancements to include the analysis of extended range and future improvements to the JSOW-C configuration to improve capability. In addition, FY 2014-2016 includes funding to integrate new functionality of the Common Unique Planning Component into the joint mission planning systems and precision guided munitions planning system. In FY 2016, the program will transition to software improvement/integration and interoperability following the completion of efforts associated with Operational Testing in FY 2015. JSOW utilizes a "common truck" for both AGM-154A and AGM-154C variants. Through adherence to international standards for weapons interfaces, weight, and dimension considerations, JSOW is compatible with Air Force and North Atlantic Treaty Organization aircraft. This program is funded under SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION because it includes those projects that have passed Milestone B approval and are conducting engineering and manufacturing development tasks aimed at meeting validated requirement prior to full-rate production decision. Note: Cost To Complete should be 3.943; Total Cost should be 903.194.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2016
• Source ID: 0604727N_5_1319_PB_2016
• Change Summary Explanation: Integrated Test IT-V and IT-VI were changed from 2QFY14 to 3QFY14 and 4QFY14 , respectively, in order to align the JSOW C-1 with the F/A-18 H10 Operational Flight Program. JSOW C-1 IOC was moved from 3QFY15 to 2QFY16. JSOW C-1 OTRR was changed from 4QFY14 to 2QFY15. JSOW Software Development: Integration and Interoperability was changed from 2QFY16 to 1QFY16. FRP10 delivery was updated from 3QFY15 to 4QFY15 to reflect contractual delivery schedule. FRP11 award was changed from 1QFY15 to 2QFY15; first delivery was changed accordingly, from 3QFY16 to 4QFY16. FRP12 award was removed as a result of production deferral following FY15 procurement.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Force
• Aircrafts
• Contracts
• Cost Analysis
• Costs
• Engineering
• Global Positioning Systems
• Interoperability
• Moving Targets
• Production
• Satellite Guided Weapons
• Software Development
• Standoff
• Targets
• Test And Evaluation
• Weapon Systems
• Weapons

Readers

• Marksmanship and Weaponry.
• Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

• Space