Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) have completed joint captive flight tests for a air-to-ground missile seeker. The tests are for the tests for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile competition that will replace three missiles in the U.S. inventory.
“This test proved that all modes of the Raytheon-designed seeker work properly, and that the JAGM seeker can transfer back and forth between the two hardest modes – imaging infrared and millimeter wave, ” said Bob Francois, vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems’ Advanced Missiles and Unmanned Systems product line. “With the latest tests under our belt, we are well on the way to conducting seeker tests in a countermeasure-intensive environment.”
“Raytheon’s expertise in advanced guidance-seeker technology combined with Boeing’s proficiency in integrating weapons on platforms like the AH-64D Apache Longbow make our JAGM the best choice for the warfighter, ” said Carl Avila, Boeing’s director of Advanced Weapons and Missile Systems. “By leveraging proven components from both companies, the Raytheon-Boeing team will be able to provide the warfighter a reliable, best-value solution.”
