Raytheon launches Stinger missile from Javelin launcher
The missile engaged and defeated an unmanned aerial vehicle, validating the capability of the combined systems to defeat emerging threats on land and in the air, the company said
Eyal Boguslavsky
| 16/03/2021
Photo: Raytheon
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, announced last week that it successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of a Stinger missile fired from a Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Unit, or LWCLU, for the U.S. Army. The missile engaged and defeated an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), validating the capability of the combined systems to defeat emerging threats on land and in the air, according to Raytheon.
The company says that the LWCLU's primary mission is as the launcher for the Javelin missile, but its superior optics also allow for stand-alone intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The system is said to weigh 30 percent less than its predecessor and offers twice the sight range at night and three times the site range during the day, regardless of weather conditions.
Combat proven in four major conflicts, the Stinger missile has more than 270 fixed- and rotary-wing intercepts to its credit. It is deployed in 19 nations and with all 4 U.S. military services, according to Raytheon.
Raytheon said that during the test, conducted at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, soldiers from the Mississippi National Guard used a Sentinel radar simulator and an FAAD/C2 to track the target UAV, allowing the gunner to engage the aerial target with a Stinger Block I proximity fuse missile through the networked LWCLU.
The missile engaged and defeated an unmanned aerial vehicle, validating the capability of the combined systems to defeat emerging threats on land and in the air, the company said
Photo: Raytheon
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, announced last week that it successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of a Stinger missile fired from a Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Unit, or LWCLU, for the U.S. Army. The missile engaged and defeated an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), validating the capability of the combined systems to defeat emerging threats on land and in the air, according to Raytheon.
The company says that the LWCLU's primary mission is as the launcher for the Javelin missile, but its superior optics also allow for stand-alone intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The system is said to weigh 30 percent less than its predecessor and offers twice the sight range at night and three times the site range during the day, regardless of weather conditions.
Combat proven in four major conflicts, the Stinger missile has more than 270 fixed- and rotary-wing intercepts to its credit. It is deployed in 19 nations and with all 4 U.S. military services, according to Raytheon.
Raytheon said that during the test, conducted at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, soldiers from the Mississippi National Guard used a Sentinel radar simulator and an FAAD/C2 to track the target UAV, allowing the gunner to engage the aerial target with a Stinger Block I proximity fuse missile through the networked LWCLU.
