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. 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. The JSOW Baseline (AGM-154A) variant includes a kinematically efficient airframe, an integrated Inertial/Global Positioning System navigation capability, and a BLU-97/B payload. This weapon was designed up front for pre-planned product improvements. The JSOW BLU-108 (AGM-154B) variant incorporates the sensor fuze weapon submunition (BLU-108) into the baseline vehicle. 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. The JSOW Unitary (AGM-154C-1) variant includes a Network Enabled Weapon moving maritime target capability. The AGM-154C-1 capability enables 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. The FY 2019 funding includes the integration of new functionality into the joint mission planning systems and precision guided munitions planning system. JSOW C-1 Initial Operational Capability was achieved in June 2016. JSOW C-1 Full Operational Capability was achieved in August 2017. 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.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2019
• Source ID: 0604727N_5_1319_PB_2019
• Change Summary Explanation: The FY 2019 funding request was reduced by $0.001 million to reflect the Department of Navy's effort to support the Office of Management and Budget directed reforms for Efficiency and Effectiveness that include a lean, accountable, more efficient government. Schedule: Production shutdown costs removed due to line remaining open for FMS requirements. Technical: N/A
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Aircrafts
• Contracts
• Cost Analysis
• Costs
• Demonstrations
• Engineering
• Global Positioning Systems
• Manufacturing
• Munitions
• Precision-Guided Munitions
• Satellite Guided Weapons
• Targets
• Test And Evaluation
• Weapon Systems
• Weapons

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering
• Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

Technology Areas

• Space