Strike Weapons Technology Demonstrations

Abstract

The overall intent of the Strike Weapons Technology Demonstrations (SWTD) is to demonstrate, operationally assess, rapidly deploy, and transition capability solutions and innovative concepts to address the joint, coalition and interagency operational gaps and shortfalls. The Combatant Commands drive SWTDs through their stated operational priorities and needs, which are applied to an agile acquisition process that yields results years ahead of traditional material development cycles. The SWTD will demonstrate robust, end-to-end kill chains to engage enemy surface combatants. Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms will include the USAF E-8 Joint Surveillance Targeting Attack Radar System (JSTARS) and the USN P-3 Littoral Surveillance Radar System (LSRS). The launch platform will be the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. Weapons will include the AGM-154C Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW-C-1), and the AGM-84K Stand-off Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER). In the case of the SLAM-ER, the FA-18 will translate ISR Link-16 targeting information and transmit that information to the SLAM-ER with J3.3/J3.5 messages via the AWW-13 pod. The focus will be on in-flight targeting messages going directly from the ISR platforms to the weapons themselves.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
• Source ID: 3215_0604659N_4_1319_PB_2011

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Readers

• Aerospace Engineering
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.