Raytheon Company submitted its proposal for the US Army and Navy’s joint air-to-ground missile (JAGM) competition and responded as a prime contractor. Raytheon is teamed with Boeing for the JAGM programme.

Raytheon and Boeing have proven capabilities that were showcased in the JAGM technology demonstration phase. The team enters the competition with an unmatched 3-for-3 record of success in the contractually required guided test vehicle flights. One of the reasons for the team’s success is the use of a proven, tri-mode seeker incorporating semi-active laser, uncooled imaging infrared and millimetre wave guidance.

“Instead of cobbling together bits and pieces of hardware from legacy programmes, we offer a fully integrated tri-mode seeker that provides an exceptionally reliable, low-risk path to engineering and manufacturing development,” said Bob Francois, Raytheon Vice President of Advanced Missiles and Unmanned Systems. “Rather than complicating matters by using a cooled seeker, we worked in close concert with our customers to determine smarter and simpler ways to arrive at a superior system solution. The uncooled seeker on the Raytheon-Boeing JAGM is just one example of that, and our overall system solution integrates targeting information from powerful aircraft onboard sensors with our advanced seeker to provide exceptional capability.”

JAGM, designed to replace three legacy systems, offers the war-fighter improved lethality, range, operational flexibility, supportability and cost savings compared with older, Cold War-era weapons including all variants of the Hellfire missile.