14.08.2022, 11:26
Zitat:Navy asks Raytheon to build land-attack and anti-ship missile with imaging infrared seeker and fire controlhttps://www.militaryaerospace.com/sensor...r-antiship
The OTH-WS missile has imaging infrared seeker, onboard target database, and navigates by GPS, inertial sensors, and terrain-reference systems. [...]
WASHINGTON – Surface warfare experts at Raytheon Technologies Corp. will continue developing the U.S. Navy's next-generation anti-ship and land-attack missile for the littoral combat ship, FFG(X) future multimission guided-missile frigate, and other vessels under terms of a $57.1 million order announced Friday. [...] Raytheon engineers will build and deliver OTH-WS encanistered missiles loaded into launching mechanisms and a fire-control suite. Raytheon won a potential $847.6 million contract in June 2018 for the OTH-WS project. [...]
Raytheon is building the new missile in partnership with Kongsberg Gruppen in Kongsberg, Norway. The missile is to equip the littoral combat ship and FFG(X) future frigate with stand-off surface-to-surface weapons capability.
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