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Raytheon Accomplishes Successful Underwater Missile Test


Raytheon Company successfully tested an underwater launch of its Raytheon AIM-9X air-to-air test missile shape at the U.S. Army’s Test Center in Aberdeen, MD. The missile was released from a submerged Tomahawk Capsule Launching System. This technology is part of the Department of the Navy’s Program Executive Offices of Submarine’s Littoral Warfare Weapon (LWW) program.

Michael Del Checcolo, vice president of Engineering, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems said, “The Littoral Warfare Weapon program will test and develop increased capabilities as the U.S. Navy continues to expand undersea warfare in the littoral arena…This successful launch demonstrates a new degree of submarine self-defense capability against threats our warfighters may encounter from the air, land and sea.”

The LWW team at Raytheon is in partnership with Northrop Grumman and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, R.I. among others.

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