The U.S. Navy has completed developmental testing of Tucson-based Raytheon Missile System's Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1.
The conclusion of developmental testing keeps the program on track to reach initial operating capability in 2013, Cmdr. Samuel Hanaki of the U.S. Navy's Precision Strike Weapons program office said in a news release by Raytheon.
However, Raytheon has been producing the JSOW C-1 since 2009 under a simultaneous development and production plan.
The JSOW C-1, which Raytheon calls "the world's first networked weapon," is the latest version of the unpowered glide bomb.
With a range of 70 miles, the weapon can receive target updates in-flight from the launching aircraft or from other aircraft, ships or ground stations. It can strike a precise point on a moving ship using an autonomous target seeker, Hanaki said.
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During the test, which met all objectives, the JSOW C-1 was released from an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet and guided to a small, fast moving ship target located about 29 miles from the launch point. The weapon provided status messages via a two-way datalink and used in-flight target updates provided by a second Super Hornet.
About 280 Raytheon employees in Tucson work on the JSOW C-1 program, the company said