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Navy And Raytheon Integrate JSOW On F-35C

Tuesday, April 17th, 2018

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Navy And Raytheon Integrate JSOW On F-35C

A Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1 impacts a target during a March 2016 flight test at Point Mugu Sea Test Range, Calif. (Photo: U.S. Navy).

The U.S. Navy and Raytheon [RTN] finished the final developmental test to integrate the Joint Standoff Weapon C (JSOW-C) onto the F-35C, the company said Tuesday.This test occurred on the Navy’s China Lake range in California earlier this year and was the last before the missile moves to operational testing. The JSOW-C is on track for full deployment to F-35Cs in 2019, Raytheon said.The JSOW is a Raytheon-built air-launched glide weapon that uses a GPS-inertial navigation system and imaging infrared…

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