Raytheon's Standard Missile-6 Program Begins Sea-Based Flight Testing

SPX via Space Daily ^ | 5/11/2010 | SPX via Space Daily

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

Raytheon's Standard Missile-6 begins sea-based flight testing this month, paving the way for initial operational capability (IOC) in 2011. "With its over-the-horizon protection, SM-6 increases the surface Navy's battlespace against air and cruise missile threats and offers protection for coalition forces ashore," said Frank Wyatt, Raytheon's vice president of Air and Missile Defense Systems product line. "These sea-based flight tests clear the way for Raytheon to deliver a critical capability to the warfighter by 2011."

SM-6 takes full advantage of the legacy Standard Missile airframe and propulsion elements while incorporating advanced signal processing and guidance control capabilities of Raytheon's Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile. The merger of two proven technologies enables SM-6 to employ both active and semiactive modes.

"Since Raytheon began SM-6 development five years ago, the on-time and on-budget program has completed five successful land-based flight tests and moved to low rate initial production," said Wyatt. "With the hard work of Raytheon's employees, our dedicated suppliers and our U.S. Navy customer, we are on track to achieve the IOC milestone in 2011."

[DrC]

It sure would be nice if we provided the Israelis with some of these capabilities—not that there’s even a snowball’s chance in hell that would happen under this administration...

[exnavy]

Seaborne warfare ping.

[I Buried My Guns]

I'm a big fan of the Standard Missile. It's like a jack-of-all-trades missile.

IIRC there was even a Humvee-mounted design useed by the army.

[SJSAMPLE]

The Army was using the AIM-120 on the HMMWV.
The old Chapparal system used the Sparrow.
I would think the SM-3 would be a bit big for the HMMWV.

[Always Independent]

“The old Chapparal system used the Sparrow.”

I think it was the sidewinder.

[SJSAMPLE]

You are correct, Sir.
I was thinking of something else, but I can’t recall the testing/implementation.

[SJSAMPLE]

I was confusing it with SeaSparrow.
Duh.
I better get my head straight.

[Always Independent]

“http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/archives/missiles/chaparral_02.jpg";

Good history here.

[SJSAMPLE]

Linky no worky.

I used to share co-located deployment sites with Chapparral units until they were replaced in the late 1980s. They used the same shitty platform with my Lance missile (MGM-52) launchers (M113-based chassis), so we’d swap parts with eachother in emergencies.

[Always Independent]

Thry this

http://www.redstone.army.mil/history

[SJSAMPLE]

Works.
I’ll see if any of my old stuff is in there.

Lance
MLRS/ATACMS

Great stuff on the battlefield.

[himno hero]

Let Raytheon send a whack of them for extensive field testing and evaluation. While Raytheon’s engineers are there they could get first hand knowledge of Iran’s state of the art weapons too.