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Cruise Missile Defense Systems MISSILES AND SPACE PROGRAMS fense (IAMD) acquisition approach will en- 114M); and a metal augmented charge sure that the materiel solutions for the (MAC) warhead (AGM-114N) for urban The PEO Missiles and Space provides Army’s AMD Future Force will provide the structures, bunk ers, radar and communica- centralized management for all Army air capabilities required by the warfighter. tions installations, and bridges. and missile defense and tactical missile In 2012, a multipurpose missile (AGM- programs as well as selected Army space Joint Attack Munition Systems 114R) began delivery, which allows the pilot programs. The PEO is responsible for the (JAMS) to select warhead effects corresponding to full life-cycle management of assigned pro- The Joint Attack Munition Systems the target. UAS or rotary-wing platforms grams. (JAMS) Project Office manages all Army can deliver the AGM-114R. The PEO Missiles and Space reports to aviation rockets and missiles. The current The Longbow Hellfire (AGM-114L) is also the Army Acquisition Executive and is programs include the 2.75-inch Hydra 70 a precision-strike missile, but uses millime- aligned with the Aviation and Missile Life family of rockets, the Hellfire family of ter wave (MMW) radar guidance instead of Cycle Management Command at Redstone missiles and the Joint Air-to-Ground Mis- Hellfire II’s SAL. It is the principal antitank Arsenal, Ala. This materiel enterprise rela- sile (JAGM). system for the AH-64D Apache Longbow tionship enhances the PEO’s ability to pro- The 2.75-inch (70 mm) Hydra 70 Rocket and uses the same antiarmor warhead as vide the world’s finest support to our Family encompasses variants of the free- Hellfire II. The MMW seeker provides be- Army, joint service, interagency, and coali- flight rocket that has become the standard yond-line-of-sight fire-and-forget capability tion warfighters and customers while con- ground-attack rocket. The design includes as well as the ability to operate in adverse tinuing the Army’s modernization. multiple warheads that can be used on the weather and battlefield obscurants. The portfolio of programs assigned to rocket motor. During Operation Desert Storm, the Hell- the PEO Missiles and Space spans the full Rockets equipped with various fuzes fire earned a reputation for being one of the spectrum of the acquisition process from and warhead options include: M261 tacti- military’s most formidable tank killers. Its system development to acquisition, testing, cal, M267 practice, M151 (10-pound) anti- multimission capabilities were success- production, product improvement, field- personnel or canopy/soft bunker, M229 fully demonstrated in combat against a ing, sustainment and eventual retirement antipersonnel (17-pound), M274 smoke sig- wide variety of targets, including radar from the force. A number of programs are nature, M257 illumination, M264 smoke, installations, communications posts, bunk- joint programs being developed with the M255A1 flechette, and M278 infrared illu- ers, buildings, antiaircraft emplacements, other services. Two programs within the minating. oil rigs and bridges. Hellfire missiles were PEO are international cooperative develop- The AGM-114 Hellfire Missile Family used extensively in Operation Iraqi Free- ment programs, with other countries shar- includes the Hellfire II and Longbow Hell- dom (OIF) and are in continued use in ing in the development as full partners. fire missiles. Hellfire II is a precision-strike, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). The In addition to specific acquisition pro- semi-active laser (SAL)-guided missile and Longbow Hellfire missile was used success- grams, the PEO is applying a system-of- is the principal air-to-ground weapon for fully in combat for the first time during OIF. systems acquisition approach to meet the Army AH-64 Apache, the U.S. Marine The Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) warfighters’ needs and obtain the desired Corps AH-1W Super Cobra and the U.S. program will provide a rotary-wing, fixed- capabilities of the Army Air and Missile De- Air Force Predator unmanned aircraft sys- wing and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)- fense (AMD) Future Force. This approach tem (UAS). launched missile system that provides line- requires the systems to be restructured into The SAL Hellfire II guides using laser of-sight capabilities, including precision components of sensors, launchers, missiles, energy reflected off the target. It has three point targeting (both active and passive) and Battle Management Command, Con- warhead variants: a dual warhead, shaped- and fire-and-forget seeker technologies; in- trol, Communications, Computers and In- charge high-explosive antitank (HEAT) for creased range; and increased lethality against telligence (BMC4I), utilizing a standard set armored threats (AGM-114K); a blast-frag- soft and hardened moving and stationary of interfaces and networks to communicate. mentation warhead (BFWH) for urban, pa- targets. When fielded, the JAGM will re- The Army’s Integrated Air and Missile De- trol boat and other “soft” targets (AGM- place aviation-launched TOW, the Hellfire family of missiles and the Navy’s Maverick family of missiles. The JAGM will increase the warfighter’s operational flexibility by effectively engaging a variety of station - ary and mobile targets on the battlefield, in- cluding advanced heavy/light armored ve- hicles, bunkers, buildings, patrol craft, com- mand-and-control vehicles, trans porter/ erector launchers, artillery sys tems and radar/air defense systems. Its multimode seeker will provide robust capability in ad- verse weather, day or night, and in an ob- scured/countermeasure environment, against both stationary and moving targets. Cruise Missile Defense Systems (CMDS) The CMDS Project Office is equipping the transformation of the current force ma- neuver air and missile defense capability into an integrated air and missile defense capability. Programs include Stinger-based Avenger A Hellfire Missile is loaded onto an AH-64D Apache helicopter. and Manportable Air Defense System 326 ARMY I October 2012 (MAN PADS), the Sentinel radar and the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS). Stinger-based Avenger and MANPADS provide the only air defense weapon cur- rently in the forward area through Stinger, a fire-and-forget infrared/ultraviolet (IR/UV) missile system. Stinger-based Avenger is highly mobile and provides shoot-on-the- move capabilities in day, night, and adverse weather operations, and is designed to counter hostile, low-flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), cruise missiles, rotary- wing aircraft and high-performance fixed- wing aircraft. Stinger provides low-altitude defense for ground forces against aerial observation or attack by smaller threat aircraft. Stinger missiles have extensive counter-counter- measure capabilities, can engage targets from any aspect including head-on, and uti- lize a high-explosive, hit-to-kill warhead. Stinger-based Avenger mounted on a Humvee The AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel is an ad- vanced, three dimensional, battlefield X- The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Lower Tier Project Office band air defense phased-array radar with Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System The Lower Tier Project Office consists of an acquisition range of 40 kilometers. Sen- (JLENS) uses advanced sensor and net- the Patriot, PAC-3 and Joint Tactical tinel transmits its radar imagery to the for- working technologies to provide 360-de- Ground Station (JTAGS). ward area air defense command and con- gree, wide-area surveillance and precision The Patriot Missile System provides de- trol (FAAD C2) via radio frequency link. tracking of land attack cruise missiles. fense of critical assets and maneuver forces Sentinel is being upgraded to the im- JLENS detects stressing, terrain-masked belonging to corps and to echelons above proved Sentinel configuration that doubles cruise missiles and other air-breathing corps against aircraft, cruise missiles and its range and will integrate with future threats, permitting extended engagement tactical ballistic missiles (TBMs). The PAC-2 AMD BMC4I via SLAMRAAM. ranges for current air defense systems. system upgrade, modified PAC-2 guidance October 2012 I ARMY 327 enhancement missiles (GEM) and the PAC-3 to increase performance against an evolving communications (C2BMC); and THAAD- missile provide the Patriot missile system threat, meets user needs and enhances joint specific support equipment. All compo- with an advanced antitactical missile capa- interoperability. nents were successfully integrated, tested bility. The combat element of the Patriot The Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) and demonstrated during the first pro- missile system is the fire unit, which con- is a transportable information processing gram phase that concluded in 2000. sists of a phased-array radar set (RS), an en- system that supports combatant comman- The THAAD development program gagement control station (ECS), an electric ders and forward-deployed forces with flight testing resumed in 2005 with the first power plant, an antenna mast group, a com- early warning data on ballistic missile 15 flight tests. In May 2006, Lockheed Mar- munications relay group and up to eight re- launches. tin and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency motely located launching stations (LSs). The Missile Defense Agency-managed successfully conducted the first develop- The RS provides all tactical functions of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense mental flight test to engage the entire airspace surveillance,
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